Job 20:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.”
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“Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“He fleeth from an iron weapon, Pass through him doth a bow of brass.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 20:24 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 22:35He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
- 1 Kings 20:30The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
- Proverbs 7:23until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.
- Isaiah 24:18Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.
- Jeremiah 48:43Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.
- Amos 5:19It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
- Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
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