Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
"He will flee from an iron weapon, [but] an arrow of bronze will pierce him.
New American Standard Bible
But the bronze bow will pierce him.
King James Version
He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
Holman Bible
an arrow from a bronze bow will pierce him.
International Standard Version
Though he dodges an iron weapon, a bronze arrow will pierce him.
A Conservative Version
He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of brass shall strike him through.
American Standard Version
He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.
Amplified
“He may flee from the iron weapon,
But the bow of bronze will pierce him through.
Bible in Basic English
He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him;
Darby Translation
If he have fled from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.
Julia Smith Translation
He shall flee from the weapon of iron, the bow of brass shall pierce him.
King James 2000
He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of bronze shall strike him through.
Modern King James verseion
He shall flee from the iron weapon, a bow of bronze shall pierce him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
so that if he flee the iron weapons, he shall be shot with the steel bow.
NET Bible
If he flees from an iron weapon, then an arrow from a bronze bow pierces him.
New Heart English Bible
He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through.
The Emphasized Bible
He shall flee from the armour of iron, - There shall pierce him, a bow of bronze!
Webster
He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
World English Bible
He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through.
Youngs Literal Translation
He fleeth from an iron weapon, Pass through him doth a bow of brass.
Themes
military Arms » Made of iron, steel, or brass
Bow » A weapon » Made of brass (rv)
Interlinear
Barach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 20:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wicked Person's Joy Is Short, His Pain Long
23 {When his stomach fills up}, [God] will send {his burning anger} upon him, and he will let [it] rain down upon him as his food. 24 "He will flee from an iron weapon, [but] an arrow of bronze will pierce him. 25 He draws [it] forth, and it comes out from [his] body, and [the] glittering point comes from his gall-bladder; terrors come upon him.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 24:18
And this shall happen: The one who flees from the sound of the terror shall fall into the pit, and the one who goes up from {inside the pit} shall be caught in the snare, for [the] windows from heaven are opened, and [the] foundations of [the] earth tremble.
Amos 5:19
[It will be] as [if] a man fled from a lion and a bear met him; or he went [into] the house and leaned his hand against the wall and a snake bit him.
2 Samuel 22:35
He trains my hands for the war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
1 Kings 20:30
Then those who remained fled to Aphek, to the city, and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who had remained, so Ben-Hadad fled and went to the innermost rooms of the city.
Proverbs 7:23
until an arrow pierces his {entrails}, like a bird rushing into a snare, but he does not know that {it will cost him his life}.
Jeremiah 48:43-44
Dread, and pit, and a trapping net [are] against you, O inhabitant of Moab," {declares} Yahweh.
Amos 9:1-3
I saw my Lord standing by the altar and he said, "Strike the capitals so that the thresholds will shake, and shatter them on the head of all of them, and I will kill the rest of them with the sword. A fugitive belonging to them will not run away, and a survivor belonging to them will not escape.