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Job 5:4

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

KJV

Longe fient filii ejus a salute, et conterentur in porta, et non erit qui eruat.

Vulgate

πόρρω γένοιντο οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ σωτηρίας, κολαβρισθείησαν δὲ ἐπὶ θύραις ἡσσόνων, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἐξαιρούμενος.

LXX

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

ASV

יִרְחֲק֣וּ בָנָ֣י/ו מִ/יֶּ֑שַׁע וְ/יִֽדַּכְּא֥וּ בַ֝/שַּׁ֗עַר וְ/אֵ֣ין מַצִּֽיל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
י
y
noun · 36×
נִי
ny
verb · 211×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×
תְּדַכְּא֣וּ
tdk'v
verb · 18×
תִּרְחַ֥ק
trchq
verb · 56×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 20:5 — Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them th
  • Job 8:4 — If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
  • Job 18:16 — His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
  • Ps 119:155 — Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
  • Ps 119:155 — Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
  • Ps 127:5 — Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.