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Job 5:4

Parents and children

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.

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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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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