Job 5:4

Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

In Context

3I — I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,

5Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:5Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, [am] a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third [generation], and on the fourth, of those hating Me,

Job 4:10The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.

Job 10:7For Thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is no deliverer from Thy hand.

Job 27:14If his sons multiply — for them [is] a sword. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.

Psalms 109:9His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.

Psalms 119:155Far from the wicked [is] salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought.

Matthew Henry on Job 5:2-6

The Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. 3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. 5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. A very… Read the whole commentary →

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