Job 5:4

Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those Who Seek Him · Job 5:1–27
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Translations

Modern
His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
Traditional
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Literal
His sons are far from safety; indeed they are crushed in the gate, and there is none rescuing;
Latin
Longe fient filii ejus a salute, et conterentur in porta, et non erit qui eruat.

Original

Hebrew
English
His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.

Notes

in court: Literally this reads, in the gate. At that time, legal and business discussions happened. Job participated in these discussions (29:7; see Deuteronomy 21:19–21; Ruth 4:1–11).

Events

Glossary

Book of Job

Topics

Courts of Justice: Inferior Court: Held at the Gates Courts of Justice: The Judgment of Allusions To Gates of Cities: Public Censure Passed At Sin: Consequences of, Entailed Upon Children Wicked (People): Prosperity of