Job 20:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Isa 24:18 : 18 And it shall come to pass, that he who flees from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he who comes 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.
  • Amos 5:19 : 19 As if a man fled 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 teaches my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.
  • 1 Kgs 20:30 : 30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty-seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
  • Prov 7:23 : 23 Until a dart strikes through his liver; as a bird hastes to the snare, and does not know that it is for his life.
  • Jer 48:43-44 : 43 Fear, the pit, and the snare shall be upon you, O inhabitant of Moab, says the LORD. 44 He who flees from the fear shall fall into the pit, and he who gets out of the pit shall be taken in the snare; for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, says the LORD.
  • Amos 9:1-3 : 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said, Strike the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake; and cut them in the head, all of them. I will slay the last of them with the sword; he who flees from them shall not flee away, and he who escapes of them shall not be delivered. 2 Though they dig into hell, from there my hand will take them; though they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down. 3 And though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there; and though they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea, from there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.

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    25It is drawn, and comes out of the body; yes, the glittering sword comes out of his gall; terrors are upon him.

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  • Job 20:22-23
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    22In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in distress; every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

    23When 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 39:22-24
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    22It laughs at fear and is not dismayed; it does not turn back from the sword.

    23The quiver rattles against it, the flashing spear and the javelin.

    24It devours the ground with fierceness and rage; it cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.

  • Job 41:26-29
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    26The sword that reaches him cannot prevail, nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.

    27He regards iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.

    28The arrow cannot make him flee; sling stones are turned to stubble by him.

    29Darts are regarded as stubble, he laughs at the shaking of a spear.

  • 22For God will hurl upon him, and not spare; he would gladly flee out of His hand.

  • 24Trouble and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for battle.

  • 35He teaches my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.

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

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

  • 34He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of bronze is broken by my arms.

  • 26He runs upon Him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his shields.

  • 23Until a dart strikes through his liver; as a bird hastes to the snare, and does not know that it is for his life.

  • 13His archers surround me, he cleaves my entrails asunder and does not spare; he pours out my gall upon the ground.

  • Job 18:11-13
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    11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

    12His strength shall be weakened by hunger, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

    13It shall consume the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall consume his strength.

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    12He has bent His bow and set me as a target for the arrow.

    13He has caused the arrows of His quiver to pierce my innermost parts.

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    12If he does not turn back, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready.

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  • 20In famine he shall redeem you from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

  • 14Yet his food in his stomach is turned, it is the venom of asps within him.

  • Job 40:18-19
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    18His bones are as strong pieces of bronze; his bones are like bars of iron.

    19He is the chief of the ways of God; he who made him can make his sword approach unto him.

  • 7Let them melt away as waters that run continually: when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be cut in pieces.

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    14Therefore flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not reinforce his strength, neither shall the mighty save himself:

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    14The wicked have drawn the sword and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay those who are of upright conduct.

    15Their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

  • 11And he has given it to be polished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is polished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

  • 7Can you 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 his mouth he shall go away.

  • 4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison which drinks up my spirit; the terrors of God have arrayed themselves against me.

  • 12Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?

  • 6He wore bronze greaves on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders.

  • 8He shall fly away like a dream and shall not be found; yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.

  • 9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

  • 25The sword outside, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the nursing child also with the man of gray hairs.

  • 4That they may shoot in secret at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him and fear not.