Job 20 · Verse 24

Job 20:24

He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
Job 20:24, King James Version

Job 20:24 in other translations

BSBThough he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
WEBHe will flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow will strike him through.
ASVHe shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.
YLTHe fleeth from an iron weapon, Pass through him doth a bow of brass.
DARBYIf he have fled from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.
BBEHe may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him;
WebsterHe shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.

What does Job 20:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. steel--rather, "brass." While the wicked flees from one danger, he falls into a greater one from an opposite quarter [Umbreit].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 He 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 20:23-29

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…

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Job 20:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יִ֭בְרַחYiv.rachhe will fleeH1272
מִנֵּ֣שֶׁקmi.Ne.shekfrom a weapon ofH5402
בַּרְזֶ֑לbar.ZelironH1270
תַּ֝חְלְפֵ֗הוּtach.le.Fe.huit will cut through himH2498
קֶ֣שֶׁתKe.sheta bow ofH7198
נְחוּשָֽׁה\׃ne.chu.ShahbronzeH5154

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Cross references for Job 20:24

  • Amos 5:19

    As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

  • Isaiah 24:18

    And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.

  • 2 Samuel 22:35

    He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

  • Proverbs 7:23

    Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

  • Amos 9:1-3

    I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

  • Jeremiah 48:43-44

    Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord. He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.

  • 1 Kings 20:30

    But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben–hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
flee from.
1Ki 20:30; Isa 24:18; Jer 48:43,44; Am 5:19; 9:1-3
the bow.
2Sa 22:35
strike him.
Pr 7:23

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Context

  • Job 20:23

    When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

  • Job 20:24

    He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.

  • Job 20:25

    It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

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Job 20:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Huirá de las armas de hierro, y el arco de acero le atravesará.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		S’il fuit devant les armes de fer, un arc d’airain le transpercera.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Flieht er vor den eisernen Waffen, so wird der eherne Bogen ihn durchbohren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Fugiet arma ferrea, et irruet in arcum æreum.