Job 5:4

Job 5:4 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

4His children are far from safety,

crushed in court without a defender.

4“His sons are far from safety,

They are also 5:4 Lit crushedoppressed at the gate,

And there is no one to save them.

4His sons are far from safety,

They are even Lit crushedoppressed in the gate,

And there is no deliverer.

4“His children are far from safety [and included in their father’s ruin],

They are oppressed and crushed in the [court of justice in the city’s] gate,

And there is no 5:4 Lit deliverer.one to rescue them.

4His sons are far from safety,

crushed in court without a defender.

4Their children aren’t safe at all.

They lose their case in court.

No one speaks up for them.