Job 20:24

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If he flees from an iron weapon, then an arrow from a bronze bow pierces him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 24:18 : 18 The one who runs away from the sound of the terror will fall into the pit; the one who climbs out of the pit, will be trapped by the snare. For the floodgates of the heavens are opened up and the foundations of the earth shake.
  • Amos 5:19 : 19 Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake.
  • 2 Sam 22:35 : 35 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend even the strongest bow.
  • 1 Kgs 20:30 : 30 The remaining 27,000 ran to Aphek and went into the city, but the wall fell on them. Now Ben Hadad ran into the city and hid in an inner room.
  • Prov 7:23 : 23 till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.
  • Jer 48:43-44 : 43 Terror, pits, and traps are in store for the people who live in Moab. I, the LORD, affirm it! 44 Anyone who flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit. Anyone who climbs out of the pit will be caught in a trap. For the time is coming when I will punish the people of Moab. I, the LORD, affirm it!
  • Amos 9:1-3 : 1 I saw the Lord standing by the altar and he said,“Strike the tops of the support pillars, so the thresholds shake! Knock them down on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the survivors with the sword. No one will be able to run away; no one will be able to escape. 2 Even if they could dig down into the netherworld, my hand would pull them up from there. Even if they could climb up to heaven, I would drag them down from there. 3 Even if they were to hide on the top of Mount Carmel, I would hunt them down and take them from there. Even if they tried to hide from me at the bottom of the sea, from there I would command the Sea Serpent to bite them.

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    22It laughs at fear and is not dismayed; it does not shy away from the sword.

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    26Whoever strikes it with a sword will have no effect, nor with the spear, arrow, or dart.

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    22It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power.

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    24Distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready to launch an attack,

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    35He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend even the strongest bow.

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    7But God will shoot at them; suddenly they will be wounded by an arrow.

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    15For they flee from the swords– from the drawn sword and from the battle-ready bow and from the severity of the battle.

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    34He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend even the strongest bow.

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    26defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield!

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    23till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.

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    12Can you people who are like iron and bronze break that iron fist from the north?

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