Job 5:4 · KJV
“His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither {is there} any to deliver {them}.”
— Job 5:4
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
Job 5 — Context
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. {envy: or, indignation}
3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither {is there} any to deliver {them}.
5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
6Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; {affliction: or, iniquity}
Cross References
Psalms 127:5
Happy {is} the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. {his...: Heb. filled his quiver with them} {speak...: or, subdue, or, destroy}
Job 18:16-19
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
Psalms 119:155
Salvation {is} far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
Exodus 20:5
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God {am} a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth {generation} of them that hate me;
Job 8:4
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; {for...: Heb. in the hand of their transgression}
Job 10:7
Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and {there is} none that can deliver out of thine hand. {Thou...: Heb. It is upon thy knowledge}
Amos 5:12
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate {from their right}. {a bribe: or, a ransom}
Psalms 109:9-15
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.