King James Version

Job 20:24

He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.

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יִ֭בְרַחyivrachfleeבָּרַחverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “flee”, an unfinished actionH1272to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenlychase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.מִנֵּ֣שֶׁקminesheqfrom armed menנֶשֶׁקpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from armed men”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5402military equipment, i.e. (collectively) arms (offensive or defensive), or (concretely) an arsenalarmed men, armour(-y), battle, harness, weapon.בַּרְזֶ֑לbarzelironבַּרְזֶלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “iron”, the ordinary formH1270iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement(ax) head, iron.תַּ֝חְלְפֵ֗הוּtachlefehvchangeחָלַףverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “change”, an unfinished actionH2498properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or changeabolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through.קֶ֣שֶׁתqeshetbowקֶשֶׁתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “bow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7198a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris[idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).נְחוּשָֽׁהnechushahbrassנְחוּשָׁהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “brass”, the ordinary formH5154copperbrass, steel. Compare H5176 (נָחָשׁ).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

If he flee from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.

Young’s Literal Translation

He fleeth from an iron weapon, Pass through him doth a bow of brass.

World English Bible

He will flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow will strike him through.

Darby Translation

If he have fled from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.

Douay-Rheims

He shall flee from weapons of iron, and shall fall upon a bow of brass.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

If he flee from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he shall by no means escape from the power of the sword; let the brazen bow wound him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ οὐ μὴ σωθῇ ἐκ χειρὸς σιδήρου· τρώσαι αὐτὸν τόξον χάλκειον.