Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“His sons are far from safety,
They are even oppressed in the gate,
And there is no deliverer.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

His children are far from safety.
They are crushed at the city gate,
with no one to rescue them.

International Standard Version

His children are far from deliverance; they'll be maltreated before they leave home, with no one to rescue them.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:

Amplified


“His children are far from safety [and included in their father’s ruin],
They are oppressed and crushed in the [court of justice in the city’s] gate,
And there is no one to rescue them.

Bible in Basic English

Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.

Darby Translation

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:

Julia Smith Translation

His sons shall be far from salvation, and they shall be crushed in the gate, and none delivering.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

His children are far from deliverance, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer--

Modern King James verseion

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, nor is there any to deliver them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

that his children were without prosperity or health; that they were slain in the door, and no man to deliver them;

NET Bible

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed at the place where judgment is rendered, nor is there anyone to deliver them.

New Heart English Bible

His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

The Emphasized Bible

His children are far removed from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is none to deliver:

Webster

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

World English Bible

His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
רחק 
Rachaq 
...far, ...off, ...away, remove, good way
Usage: 57

ישׁע ישׁע 
Yesha` 
Usage: 36

דּכא 
Daka' 
Usage: 18

in the gate
שׁער 
Sha`ar 
Usage: 374

נצל 
Natsal 
Usage: 213

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Response Continues

3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but at the same time I cursed his habitation. 4 “His sons are far from safety,
They are even oppressed in the gate,
And there is no deliverer.
5 The hungry shall eat up his harvest, and even take it out from among the thorns, and the thirsty shall drink up their substance.

Cross References

Psalm 119:155

Saving health is far from the wicked, for they do not seek thy statutes.

Psalm 127:5

Happy is the man that has filled his quiver with them: he shall not be ashamed when he speaks with the enemies in the gate.

Exodus 20:5

Thou shalt not bow down to them nor serve them; for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons unto the third and fourth generation of those that hate me

Job 1:19

and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I alone have escaped to tell thee.

Job 4:10-11

The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

Job 8:4

Because thy sons sinned against him, he cast them away in the place of their rebellion;

Job 10:7

Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is no one that can deliver out of thy hand.

Job 18:16-19

His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above his branch shall be cut off.

Job 27:14

If their sons are multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

Psalm 7:2

Lest they take my soul, as a lion dismembers his prey when there is none to deliver.

Psalm 109:9-15

Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

Amos 5:12

For I have known of your many rebellions and your great sins that afflict the just and take a ransom and turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

Luke 13:4-5

Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and slew them, think ye that they were greater debtors than all the other men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

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