Job 5:4
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.”Job 5:4
What Does Job 5:4 Mean?
Job 5:4 is found in the book of Job, chapter 5, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to Job 5:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
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;”Psalms 119:155“Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.”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.”Job 8:4“If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;”Job 18:16“His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.”Joshua 20:4“And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.”Job 1:19“And, 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 4:10“The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.”Job 10:7“Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.”Job 20:10“His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.”Job 27:14“If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.”Job 31:8“Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.”Psalms 7:2“Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.”Psalms 109:9“Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.”Psalms 109:12“Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.”Proverbs 24:7“Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.”Lamentations 5:8“Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.”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.”Luke 13:4“Or 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?”
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