Job 5:4 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יִרְחֲק֣וּ	yir.cha.Ku	they are distant	H7368 →
בָנָ֣יו	va.Nav	children his	H1121 →
מִיֶּ֑שַׁע	mi.Ye.sha'	from safety	H3468 →
וְיִֽדַּכְּא֥וּ	ve.yid.da.ke.'U	so they may be crushed	H1792 →
בַ֝שַּׁ֗עַר	va.Sha.'ar	in the gate	H8179 →
וְאֵ֣ין	ve.'Ein	and there not	H369 →
מַצִּֽיל׃	ma.Tzil	[is] a deliverer	H5337 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 5:9
  You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth…
- Numbers 14:18
  ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon…
- Deuteronomy 4:24
  For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
- Exodus 34:14
  For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
- Joshua 24:19
  But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
Through
Amos 5:12
For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
leads to
- Amos 2:6–7
  This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
- Amos 5:10
  There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
Through
Psalms 127:5
Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.
leads to
- Proverbs 27:11
  Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Psalms 127:5Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.Job 18:16–19The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.Psalms 119:155Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,Amos 5:12For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.Job 4:10–11The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.Luke 13:4–5Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?Psalms 109:9–15May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.Job 10:7though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?Job 8:4When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.Job 27:14Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.Psalms 7:2or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.Job 1:19when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”Proverbs 24:7Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.Psalms 109:12May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.Lamentations 5:8Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.Job 20:10His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.Joshua 20:4When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.

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