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

22In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. the full force of misery will come upon him. 23“While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him. If he flees from an iron weapon, then an arrow from a bronze bow pierces him. 25When he pulls it out and it comes out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver, terrors come over him. 26Total darkness waits to receive his treasures; a fire which has not been kindled will consume him and devour 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 remaining 27,000 ran to Aphek and went into the city, but the wall fell on them. Now Ben Hadad ran into the city and hid in an inner room.
• Isaiah 24:18The one who runs away from the sound of the terror will fall into the pit; the one who climbs out of the pit, will be trapped by the snare. For the floodgates of the heavens are opened up and the foundations of the earth shake.
• Jeremiah 48:43Terror, pits, and traps are in store for the people who live in Moab. I, the Lord, affirm it!
• Amos 5:19Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake.
• Amos 9:1I saw the sovereign One standing by the altar and he said, “Strike the tops of the support pillars, so the thresholds shake! Knock them down on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the survivors with the sword. No one will be able to run away; no one will be able to escape.
• 2 Samuel 22:35He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend even the strongest bow.
• Proverbs 7:23till an arrow pierces his liver – like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that 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
• Rain
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• Steel
• Archery
• Iron (1)
• 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