King James Version
Job 5:4 in the King James Version says “His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.” — study this verse from Job chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.”
Job 5:4 · KJV
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. envy: or, indignation
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; affliction: or, iniquity
KJV Study — Public Domain
“are far”
H7368to widen (in any direction), i.e., (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
“His children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“and they are crushed”
H1792to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
“neither is there any to deliver”
H5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
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