Devine Scripture

Job 20:24

Job chapter 20 · verse 24 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

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

v.24This passage

v.25He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 7:23

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

  • 2 Samuel 22:35

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

  • Amos 9:1

    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.

  • 1 Kings 20:30

    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.

  • Amos 5:19

    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.

  • Jeremiah 48:43

    Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah.