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Job 5

Job 5:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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His children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
are far
rachaq (Hebrew #7368)
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
KJV usage: (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, X refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).
Pronounce: raw-khak'
Origin: a primitive root
from safety
yesha` (Hebrew #3468)
from 3467; liberty, deliverance, prosperity
KJV usage: safety, salvation, saving.
Pronounce: yeh'-shah
Origin: or yeshai {yay'-shah}
, and they are crushed
daka' (Hebrew #1792)
to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat to pieces, break (in pieces), bruise, contrite, crush, destroy, humble, oppress, smite.
Pronounce: daw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1794)
in the gate
sha`ar (Hebrew #8179)
an opening, i.e. door or gate
KJV usage: city, door, gate, port (X -er).
Pronounce: shah'-ar
Origin: from 8176 in its original sense
, neither is there any to deliver
natsal (Hebrew #5337)
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
KJV usage: X at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, X without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, X surely, take (out).
Pronounce: naw-tsal'
Origin: a primitive root
them.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Job 4:10‑11• 10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
 11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. (Job 4:10‑11)
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Job 8:4• 4If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; (Job 8:4)
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Job 18:16‑19• 16His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
 17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
 18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
 19He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. (Job 18:16‑19)
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Job 27:14• 14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. (Job 27:14)
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Ex. 20:5• 5Thou 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; (Ex. 20:5)
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Psa. 109:9‑15• 9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
 10Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
 11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labor.
 12Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children.
 13Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
 14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
 15Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. (Psa. 109:9‑15)
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Psa. 119:155• 155Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. (Psa. 119:155)
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Psa. 127:5• 5Happy 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. (Psa. 127:5)
they are crushed.
Job 1:19• 19And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. (Job 1:19)
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Luke 13:4‑5• 4Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
 5I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. (Luke 13:4‑5)
neither.
Job 10:7• 7Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. (Job 10:7)
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Psa. 7:2• 2Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. (Psa. 7:2)
• There is hardly an allusion as yet to Job’s family, and yet verses 4, 5 might be taken as applying to them—children crushed without deliverance, and harvests taken by the hungry robber. He is rather describing the result of his experience and observations, that eventually, even in this life, suffering is the portion of the sinner. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer: