Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
His children are far from deliverance; they'll be maltreated before they leave home, with no one to rescue them.
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.
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 myself saw a fool becoming established, but I suddenly cursed where he lived. 4 His children are far from deliverance; they'll be maltreated before they leave home, with no one to rescue them. 5 Then the hungry will devour his harvest, snatching it even from the midst of thorns, while the thirsty covet their wealth.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 119:155
Deliverance remains remote from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.
Psalm 127:5
How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be ashamed as they confront their enemies at the city gate. A Song of Ascents
Exodus 20:5
You are not to bow down to them in worship or serve them, because I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the guilt of parents on children, to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
Job 1:19
when a strong wind came straight out of the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people, and they died. I alone escaped to tell you!"
Job 4:10-11
"The lioness may roar, and the lion cub may growl; but even the ivory teeth of the full grown lion are broken.
Job 8:4
"If your children sin against him, he'll make them a prisoner of their sins.
Job 10:7
Although you know that I'm not guilty, there's no one to deliver me from you!
Job 18:16-19
His roots wither underneath, while his branches above are being cut off.
Job 27:14
If he has many children, their destiny is to die by the sword, and his descendants won't have enough food.
Psalm 7:2
Otherwise, they will rip me to shreds like a lion, tearing me apart with no one to rescue me.
Psalm 109:9-15
May his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Amos 5:12
and because I know that your transgressions are many, and your sins are numerous as you oppose the righteous, taking bribes as a ransom, and turning away the poor in court
Luke 13:4-5
What about those eighteen people who were killed when the tower at Siloam fell on them? Do you think they were worse offenders than all the other people living in Jerusalem?