JOB 5:4 Parallel View

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5:4 This could refer to either the foolish people (v3) OR their children.

5:4 This could refer to any gate, or possibly to the hearings/court of the elders conducted at the village/city gate.

Key: yellow:verbs, red:negative.
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ULT His children are far from safety,
⇔ and they are crushed at the gate,
⇔ and there is none rescuing them,

UST Their children are never safe.
 ⇔ They always lose to their opponents in court
⇔ because no one defends them.

BSB His sons are far from safety,
⇔ crushed in court without a defender.

OEB His children were far from help,
⇔ Crushed beyond hope deliverance.

WEB His children are far from safety.
⇔ They are crushed in the gate.
⇔ Neither is there any to deliver them,

NET His children are far from safety,
 ⇔ and they are crushed at the place where judgment is rendered,
 ⇔ nor is there anyone to deliver them.

LSV His sons are far from safety,
And they are bruised in the gate,
And there is no deliverer.

FBV His sons are never safe;[fn] they are crushed in court[fn] with no one to defend them.

5:4 Eliphaz may even have Job in mind here since Job has lost all his children.

5:4 Literally, “in the gate”—the town gate where justice was dispensed.

T4T Their sons are never safe;
⇔ they ◄lose their case/are condemned► when someone ◄takes them to court/sues them►,
⇔ because there is no one to defend them.

LEB • and they are crushed in the gate, • and there is no deliverer—

BBE Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.

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JPS His children are far from safety, and are crushed in the gate, with none to deliver them.

ASV His children are far from safety,
 ⇔ And they are crushed in the gate,
 ⇔ Neither is there any to deliver them:

DRA His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them.

YLT Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.

DBY His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:

RV His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

WBS His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them .

KJB His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
(His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. )

BB His children were without prosperitie, and they were slayne in the gate, and there was no man to deliuer them.
(His children were without prosperitie, and they were slain/killed in the gate, and there was no man to deliver them.)

GNV His children shalbe farre from saluation, and they shall be destroyed in the gate, and none shall deliuer them.
(His children shall be far from saluation, and they shall be destroyed in the gate, and none shall deliver them. )

CB that his children were without prosperite or health: that they were slayne in the dore, and no ma to delyuer them:
(that his children were without prosperite or health: that they were slain/killed in the door, and no man to deliver them:)

WYC Hise sones schulen be maad fer fro helthe, and thei schulen be defoulid in the yate, and `noon schal be that schal delyuere hem.
(Hise sons should be made far from helthe, and they should be defoulid in the gate, and `noon shall be that shall delyuere them.)

LUT Seine Kinder werden ferne sein vom Heil und werden zerschlagen werden im Tor, da kein Erretter sein wird.
(Seine children become ferne his from_the Heil and become zerschlagen become in_the Tor, there kein Erretter his wird.)

CLV Longe fient filii ejus a salute, et conterentur in porta, et non erit qui eruat.[fn]
(Longe fient children his a salute, and conterentur in porta, and not/no will_be who eruat.)

5.4 Longe fient filii ejus. Id est, sequaces. In porta. Ibid. Porta regni est dies judicii, in quo electi intrant ad gloriam, ante quem filii hujus mundi elati sunt, sed tunc conterentur.

5.4 Longe fient children his. Id it_is, sequaces. In porta. Ibid. Porta regni it_is dies yudicii, in quo electi intrant to gloriam, ante which children huyus mundi elati are, but tunc conterentur.

BRN Let their children be far from safety, and let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer.

BrLXX Πόῤῥω γένοιντο οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ σωτηρίας, κολαβρισθείησαν δὲ ἐπὶ θύραις ἡσσόνων, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἐξαιρούμενος.
(Poῤɽō genointo hoi huioi autōn apo sōtaʸrias, kolabristheiaʸsan de epi thurais haʸssonōn, kai ouk estai ho exairoumenos. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יִרְחֲק֣וּ & מִ⁠יֶּ֑שַׁע

far & from,safety

Eliphaz is speaking as if the children of a person who does not respect and obey God are literally far from safety. He means that they are not safe at all but in great danger. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “are in great danger”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מִ⁠יֶּ֑שַׁע

from,safety

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of safety, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “from being safe”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠יִֽדַּכְּא֥וּ בַ֝⁠שַּׁ֗עַר

and,crushed in/on/at/with,gate

By the gate, Eliphaz implicitly means the place where legal disputes are settled. You can indicate this in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “and they are crushed in legal proceedings”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠יִֽדַּכְּא֥וּ בַ֝⁠שַּׁ֗עַר

and,crushed in/on/at/with,gate

Eliphaz is speaking as if the children of a person who does not respect and obey God are literally crushed in legal disputes. He means that the disputes are settled decisively in favor of their opponents. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and their opponents in legal proceedings defeat them decisively”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠אֵ֣ין מַצִּֽיל

and,no deliverer

Eliphaz implicitly means that there is no one rescuing these children from legal defeats and their consequences. You can indicate this in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “because no one defends them”

Parallel JOB 5:4