Job 20:24
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 20:24 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 20:24 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 20:24 — KJV
“He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.”
— Job 20:24 (KJV)
Job 20:24 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 20:24
“Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; take: Heb. hunt”
Shares key themes with Job 20:24: weapon, bow
“Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.”
Shares key themes with Job 20:24: bow, through
“As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live: head: Heb. iron helve: Heb. wood lighteth...: Heb. findeth”
Shares key themes with Job 20:24: flee, iron
“And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.”
Shares key themes with Job 20:24: flee, bow
“And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.”
Shares key themes with Job 20:24: iron, through
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