Job 20:24

American Standard Version (1901)

He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.

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  • Isa 24:18 : 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 on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
  • Amos 5:19 : 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.
  • 2 Sam 22:35 : 35 He teacheth my hands to war, So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
  • 1 Kgs 20:30 : 30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
  • Prov 7:23 : 23 Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.
  • Jer 48:43-44 : 43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah. 44 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 him, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.
  • Amos 9:1-3 : 1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape. 2 Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down. 3 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 it shall bite them.

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    27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.

  • Job 20:22-23
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    22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.

    23When he is about to fill his belly, [God] will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating.

  • Job 39:22-24
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    22He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword.

    23The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.

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  • Job 41:26-29
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    26If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

    27He counteth iron as straw, [And] brass as rotten wood.

    28The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.

    29Clubs are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.

  • 22For [God] shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.

  • 24Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

  • 35He teacheth my hands to war, So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

  • 7But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.

  • 15For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

  • 34He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

  • 26He runneth upon him with a [stiff] neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;

  • 23Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.

  • 13His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.

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    11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.

    12His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.

    13The members of his body shall be devoured, [Yea], the first-born of death shall devour his members.

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    12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

    13He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.

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    12If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

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  • 16He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him.

  • 20In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword.

  • 14Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.

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    18His bones are [as] tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron.

    19He is the chief of the ways of God: He [only] that made him giveth him his sword.

  • 7Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

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    14And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

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    14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.

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  • 11And it is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is sharpened, yea, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

  • 7Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears?

  • 30He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of [God's] mouth shall he go away.

  • 4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

  • 12Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?

  • 6And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.

  • 8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

  • 9Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

  • 25Without shall the sword bereave, And in the chambers terror; [It shall destroy] both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.

  • 4That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.