Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
They are even
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
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
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.
Themes
Courts of justice » Inferior » Held at the gates
Courts of justice » The judgment of » Allusions to
Interlinear
Daka'
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 5:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Response Continues
3
I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
4
They are even
And there is no deliverer.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 119:155
Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.
Psalm 127:5
Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.
Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,
Job 1:19
and behold, a great wind came across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people, and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you."
Job 4:10-11
The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions are broken.
Job 8:4
If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
Job 10:7
although you know that I am not guilty, and there is none to deliver out of your hand?
Job 18:16-19
His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above.
Job 27:14
If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword, and his descendants have not enough bread.
Psalm 7:2
lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.
Psalm 109:9-15
May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow!
Amos 5:12
For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins-- you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.
Luke 13:4-5
Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem?