Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
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,
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 -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway, 4 Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer. 5 Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 119:155
Far from the wicked is salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought.
Psalm 127:5
O the happiness of the man Who hath filled his quiver with them, They are not ashamed, For they speak with enemies in the gate!
Exodus 20:5
Thou 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 1:19
And lo, a great wind hath come from over the wilderness, and striketh against the four corners of the house, and it falleth on the young men, and they are dead, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare it to thee.'
Job 4:10-11
The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.
Job 8:4
If thy sons have sinned before Him, And He doth send them away, By the hand of their transgression,
Job 10:7
For Thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is no deliverer from Thy hand.
Job 18:16-19
From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.
Job 27:14
If his sons multiply -- for them is a sword. And his offspring are not satisfied with bread.
Psalm 7:2
Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer.
Psalm 109:9-15
His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Amos 5:12
For I have known -- many are your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside.
Luke 13:4-5
'Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; think ye that these became debtors beyond all men who are dwelling in Jerusalem?