Job 20:24

Job 20:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
• New International Version (NIV)Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He will flee from an iron weapon; a bronze arrow will strike him through.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He will flee from the iron weapon; A bronze bow will pierce him through.

Context of Job 20:24

22At the height of his success distress will come to him; the full weight of misery will crush him. 23When he fills his stomach, God will send his burning anger against him, raining it down on him while he is eating. If he flees from an iron weapon, an arrow from a bronze bow will pierce him. 25He pulls it out of his back, the flashing tip out of his liver. Terrors come over him. 26Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned by human hands will consume him; it will feed on what is left in his tent.

Job 20:24 word by word

יִ֭בְרַח מִנֵּ֣שֶׁק בַּרְזֶ֑ל תַּ֝חְלְפֵ֗הוּ קֶ֣שֶׁת נְחוּשָֽׁה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He shall fleeבָּרַחbârach · to fleeH1272
• from the ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel · ironH1270
• weaponנֶ֫שֶׁקnesheq nêsheq · weaponH5402
• the bowקֶ֫שֶׁתqesheth · bowH7198
• of steelנְחוּשָׁהnechûshâh nechûshâh · bronzeH5154
• shall strike him throughחָלַףchâlaph · to passH2498

Cross-references for Job 20:24

• 1 Kings 20:30The ones who remained fled into the city of Aphek, and the wall fell on those twenty-seven thousand remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled and went into an inner room in the city.
• Isaiah 24:18Whoever flees at the sound of panic will fall into a pit, and whoever escapes from the pit will be caught in a trap. For the floodgates on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.
• Jeremiah 48:43Panic, pit, and trap await you, resident of Moab. This is the Lord’s declaration.
• Amos 5:19It will be like a man who flees from a lion only to have a bear confront him. He goes home and rests his hand against the wall only to have a snake bite him.
• Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said: Strike the capitals of the pillars so that the thresholds shake; knock them down on the heads of all the people. Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
• 2 Samuel 22:35He trains my hands for war; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
• Proverbs 7:23until an arrow pierces its liver, like a bird darting into a snare — he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.

Commentaries on Job 20:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24He shall flee from the iron weapon - Or, "Though he should flee from the iron armor, the brazen bow should strike him through." So that yf he fle the yron weapens, he shal be shott with the stele bow - Coverdale. That is, he shall most certainly perish: all kinds of deaths await him.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24He shall flee from the iron weapon - The sword, or the spear. That is, he shall be exposed to attacks, and shall flee in cowardice and alarm. Bands of robbers shall come suddenly upon him, and he shall have no safety except in flight. Pref. Lee explains this as meaning, “While he flees from the iron weapon, the brass bow shall pierre him through.” Probably the expression is proverbial, like that in Latin, Incidit in Scyllam cupiens vitare Charybdin. The…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-29Verses 23-29 Zophar, having described the vexations which attend wicked practices, shows their ruin from God's wrath. There is no fence against this, but in Christ, who is the only Covert from the storm and tempest, Is 32:2. Zophar concludes, "This is the portion of a wicked man from God;" it is allotted him. Never was any doctrine better explained, or worse applied, than this by Zophar, who intended to prove Job a hypocrite. Let us receive the good…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24Evil people cannot avoid trouble (see Isaiah 24:17–18; Jeremiah 15:2–3; Amos 5:19; 9:1–2). When they escape one threat, another confronts them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. steel--rather, "brass." While the wicked flees from one danger, he falls into a greater one from an opposite quarter [Umbreit].Read the comment

Topics related to Job 20:24

• Bow
• Iron
• Steel
• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Copper
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• Steel
• Archery
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• Strike
• Zophar
• Metals

Commentaries on Job 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings