Job 20:24
22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
- KJV
- He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
- WEB
- He will flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow will strike him through.
- ASV
- He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.
- DARBY
- If he have fled from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.
- BLB
- He will flee from a weapon of iron; a bow of bronze will pierce him through.
- ÅB
- Flykter han for våpen av jern, så gjennomborer en bue av kobber ham.
- OTB
- Selv om han flykter fra et jernvåpen,
vil en bronsetippet pil treffe ham. - B1930
- Flykter han for våben av jern, så gjennemborer en bue av kobber ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Amos 5:19
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Read in contextIsaiah 24:18
And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
Read in context2 Samuel 22:35
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
Read in contextProverbs 7:23
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Read in contextAmos 9:1–3
I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
Read in contextJeremiah 48:43–44
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.
Read in context1 Kings 20:30
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
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