Suddenly a powerful wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people so that they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you! ’
Job 5:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised His children are far from safety. They are crushed at the city gate, with no one to rescue them. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition His children are far from safety; [involved in their father's ruin] they are crushed in the [court of justice in the city's] gate, and there is no one to deliver them. American Standard Version (1901) His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them: Common English Bible Their children are far from safety, crushed in the gate without a deliverer. Catholic Public Domain Version His sons will be far from prosperity and will be crushed at the gate, and there will be none who can rescue them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate: and there shall be none to deliver them. |
Suddenly a powerful wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people so that they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you! ’
even though you know that I am not wicked and that there is no one who can rescue from your power?
His children will beg from the poor, for his own hands must give back his wealth.
Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword; his descendants will never have enough food.
Since your children sinned against him, he gave them over to their rebellion.
Do not bow in worship to them, and do not serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me,
Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool; he does not open his mouth at the city gate.
For I know that your crimes are many and your sins innumerable. They oppress the righteous, take a bribe, and deprive the poor of justice at the city gates.
When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before the elders of that city, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.