Job 5:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.”

Job 5:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 5:4 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 5:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,”

Job 5:4 — World English Bible

Job 5:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them: ”

Job 5:4 — American Standard Version

Job 5:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.”

Job 5:4 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 5:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer: ”

Job 5:4 — Darby Translation

Job 5:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“His children shalbe farre from saluation, and they shall be destroyed in the gate, and none shall deliuer them.”

Job 5:4 — Geneva Bible

Job 5:4 in Context — Job 5

2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

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What Does Job 5:4 Mean?

Job 5:4 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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