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Job 5:4

Parents and children

2 For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

3 I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.

5 The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

6 For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

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BSB
His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
KJV
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
WEB
His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
ASV
His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:
DARBY
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:
BLB
His sons are far from safety; indeed they are crushed in the gate, and [there is] none rescuing;
ÅB
Hans barn var uten hjelp; de ble trådt ned i porten, og det var ingen som frelste dem.
OTB
Hans sønner er langt fra trygghet,
De blir til og med undertrykt i porten,
Og det er ingen redningsmann.
B1930
Hans barn var uten hjelp; de blev trådt ned i porten, og det var ingen som frelste dem.

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