Job Chapter 20 verse 24 Holy Bible
He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.
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He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him;
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If he have fled from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.
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He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
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He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
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He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through.
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He fleeth from an iron weapon, Pass through him doth a bow of brass.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 24. - He shall flee from the iron weapon. This is no indication of the late authorship of Job. Iron was in use in Egypt at a very early date. A thin plate of it was found by Colonel Howard Vyse embedded in the masonry of the great pyramid; and iron implements and ornaments, iron spear-heads, iron sickles, iron gimlets, iron keys, iron bracelets, iron wire, have been found in the early tombs not infrequently (see the author's 'History of Ancient Egypt,' vol. 1. p. 505). That they are not more common is accounted for by the rapid oxidization of iron by exposure to the air, and its rapid decay in the nitrous soil of Egypt. The inhabitants of South-Western Asia were at no time much behind the Egyptians in their knowledge of the useful arts: and iron appears as a well-known metal in the Jewish Scriptures from the time of the Exodus (see Numbers 35:16; Deuteronomy 3:11; Deuteronomy 4:20; Deuteronomy 8:9; Deuteronomy 28:23; Joshua 8:31). It is true that the principal weapons of war continued to be made ordinarily of bronze, both in South-Western Asia and in Egypt, till a comparatively late period; but Zophar may mean to assign to the slayer of the wicked man weapons of a superior character. And the bow of steel shall strike him through. It is uncertain whether steel was known in the ancient world. But, whether or no, "steel" is not meant here. The word used in the original is nehushtah, which undoubtedly means either "copper" or "bronze." As copper would be too soft a material for a bow, we may assume bronze to be intended. The bronze used in Egypt was extremely elastic, and there would have been little difficulty in fashioning bows of it (on the existence of such bows, see 2 Samuel 26:5; Psalm 18:34).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(24) He shall flee from the iron weapon, and.--That is, if he escaped one mischance, another should overtake him.
