Job 5:4
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5:4His children are far11 from safety,
and they are crushed12 at the place where judgment is rendered,13
nor is there anyone to deliver them.14
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- 11 The imperfect verbs in this verse describe the condition of the accursed situation. Some commentators follow the and take these as jussives, making this verse the curse that the man pronounced upon the fool. Rashi adds “This is the malediction with which I have cursed him.” That would make the speaker the one calling down the judgment on the fool rather than responding by observation how God destroyed the habitation of the fool.
- 12 The verb יִדַּכְּאוּ (yiddakké’u) could be taken as the passive voice, or in the reciprocal sense (“crush one another”) or reflexive (“crush themselves”). The context favors the idea that the children of the foolish person will be destroyed because there is no one who will deliver them.
- 13 Heb “in the gate.” The city gate was the place of both business and justice. The sense here seems to fit the usage of gates as the place of legal disputes, so the phrase “at the place of judgment” has been used in the translation.
- 14 The text simply says “and there is no deliverer.” The entire clause could be subordinated to the preceding clause, and rendered simply “without a deliverer.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
His children are far from safety;
they are crushed in the gate,
and there is no one to deliver them.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
His children are far from safety,
crushed in court without a defender.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
His children are far from safety.
They are crushed at the city gate,
with no one to rescue them.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Their children are abandoned far from help;
they are crushed in court with no one to defend them.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
His children are far from deliverance,
and they are crushed in the gate,
and there is no deliverer—
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KJV 1900King James Version
His children are far from safety,
And they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
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