Verse 4
Job 5:4
Literal Standard Version
4
His sons are far from safety, || And they are bruised in the gate, || And there is no deliverer.
Original Language Text
hebrew
יִרְחֲק֣וּ בָנָ֣י/ו מִ/יֶּ֑שַׁע וְ/יִֽדַּכְּא֥וּ בַ֝/שַּׁ֗עַר וְ/אֵ֣ין מַצִּֽיל
English Translation
My sons will be far from salvation, and they will be crushed at the gate, and there is no deliverer.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
“Pray, call, is there any to answer you? And to which of the holy ones do you turn?
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For provocation slays the perverse, || And envy puts to death the simple,
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I have seen the perverse taking root, || And I mark his habitation straight away,
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His sons are far from safety, || And they are bruised in the gate, || And there is no deliverer.
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Whose harvest the hungry eat, || And even take it from the thorns, || And the designing swallowed th...
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For sorrow does not come forth from the dust, || Nor does misery spring up from the ground.
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For man is born to misery, || And the sparks go high to fly.
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Yet I inquire for God (Elohim), || And for God (Elohim) I give my word,
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Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, until there is no numbering.
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Who is giving rain on the face of the land, || And is sending waters on the out-places.
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To set the low on a high place, || And the mourners have been high in safety.
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Making void thoughts of the cunning, || And their hands do not execute wisdom.
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Capturing the wise in their subtlety, || And the counsel of wrestling ones was hurried,
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By day they meet darkness, || And as night—they grope at noon.
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He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth, || And from a strong hand,
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And there is hope for the poor, || And perverseness has shut her mouth.
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Behold, the blessedness of mortal man, || God (Elohim) reproves him: And do not despise the discipli...
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For He pains, and He binds up, || He strikes, and His hands heal.
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In six distresses He delivers you, || And in seven evil does not strike on you.
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In famine He has redeemed you from death, || And in battle from the hands of the sword.
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21
When the tongue scourges you are hid, || And you are not afraid of destruction, || When it comes.
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22
At destruction and at hunger you mock, || And of the beast of the earth, || You are not afraid.
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(For with sons of the field is your covenant, || And the beast of the field || Has been at peace wit...
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And you have known that your tent is peace, || And inspected your habitation, and do not err,
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And have known that your seed is numerous, || And your offspring as the herb of the earth;
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You come in full age to the grave, || As the going up of a stalk in its season.
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Behold, this—we searched it out—it is right, listen; And you, know for yourself!”
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