job 5:4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

job 5:4 "His sons are far from safety, They are even oppressed in the gate, Neither is there a deliverer.

4. His children . . . crushed in the gate--A judicial formula. The gate was the place of judgment and of other public proceedings (Ps 127:5; Pr 22:22; Ge 23:10; De 21:19). Such propylæa have been found in the Assyrian remains. Eliphaz obliquely alludes to the calamity which cut off Job's children.

job 5:4 "His sons are far from safety, They are even oppressed in the gate, Neither is there a deliverer.

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