Job 20:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

They will flee from an iron weapon; a bronze arrow will strike them through.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of steel shall strike him through.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He will flee from the iron weapon, but the bow of bronze shall strike him through.

American Standard Version (1901)

He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.

Common English Bible

If they flee an iron weapon, a bronze bow pierces them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

He will flee from weapons of iron, and he will fall in an arc of brass,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He shall flee from weapons of iron, and shall fall upon a bow of brass.

Job 20:24 Cross References

2 Samuel 22:35

He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

1 Kings 20:30

The rest fled into the city of Aphek, and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben-hadad also fled and entered the city to hide.

Proverbs 7:23

until an arrow pierces its entrails. He is like a bird rushing into a snare, not knowing that it will cost him his life.

Isaiah 24:18

Whoever flees at the sound of the terror shall fall into the pit, and whoever climbs out of the pit shall be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

Amos 5:19

as if someone fled from a lion and was met by a bear or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall and was bitten by a snake.