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.

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  • Isaiah 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.

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  • 2 Samuel 22:35

    He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

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  • Proverbs 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.

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  • Amos 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.

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  • Jeremiah 48:43–44

    Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.

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  • 1 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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