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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When they try to escape an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce them.

Context of Job 20:24

22In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him; the full force of misery will come upon him. 23When he has filled his belly, God will vent his burning anger against him and rain down his blows on him. Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him. 25He pulls it out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver. Terrors will come over him; 26total darkness lies in wait for his treasures. A fire unfanned 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 rest of them escaped to the city of Aphek, where the wall collapsed on twenty-seven thousand of them. And Ben-Hadad fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
• Isaiah 24:18Whoever flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit; whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare. The floodgates of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shake.
• Jeremiah 48:43Terror and pit and snare await you, you people of Moab,” declares the Lord.
• Amos 5:19It will be as though a man fled from a lion only to meet a bear, as though he entered his house and rested his hand on the wall only to have a snake bite him.
• Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Bring them down on the heads of all the people; those who are left I will kill with the sword. Not one will get away, none will escape.
• 2 Samuel 22:35He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
• Proverbs 7:23till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing 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
• Short
• 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