Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
His sons shall be far from salvation, and they shall be crushed in the gate, and none delivering.
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:
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 saw the foolish one taking root, and suddenly I shall curse his habitation. 4 His sons shall be far from salvation, and they shall be crushed in the gate, and none delivering. 5 Which his harvest the hungry one will devour, and not from thorns shall they take it, and destruction gaped after their substance.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 119:155
Salvation is far off from the unjust, for they sought not thy laws.
Psalm 127:5
Happy the man who filled his quiver from them: they shall not be ashamed when they shall speak with their enemies in the gate.
Exodus 20:5
Thou shalt not worship to them, and thou shalt not serve them: for I am Jehovah thy God, a jealous God, striking the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth, to them hating me;
Job 1:19
And behold, a great wind came from beyond the desert., and it will touch upon the four corners of the house, and fall upon the young men, and they will die; and I shall escape, I only, to announce to thee.
Job 4:10-11
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lion, and the teeth of the young lions were broken.
Job 8:4
If thy sons sinned to him, and he will send them away by the hand of their transgression;
Job 10:7
Upon thy knowledge that I will not do evil; and none delivering from thy hand.
Job 18:16-19
From underneath, his roots shall be dried up, and from above, his harvest shall be cut off.
Job 27:14
If his sons shall be multiplied, for then the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
Psalm 7:2
Lest he shall rend my soul as the lion, breaking in pieces and none delivering.
Psalm 109:9-15
His sons shall be orphans, and his wife a widow.
Amos 5:12
For I knew your many transgressions, and your strong sins: pressing upon the just, taking a ransom, and they turned away the needy in the gate
Luke 13:4-5
Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, think ye that these were debtors above all men dwelling in Jerusalem?