King James Version

Job 5:4

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

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יִרְחֲק֣וּyirchaqvlooseרָחַקverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “loose”, an unfinished actionH7368to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)(a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, [idiom] refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).בָנָ֣יוvanayvsonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […מִיֶּ֑שַׁעmiyeshafrom safetyיֶשַׁעpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from safety”, the ordinary formH3468liberty, deliverance, prosperitysafety, salvation, saving.וְיִֽדַּכְּא֥וּveyidakvand bruiseדָּכָאconjunction, verb, hithpael, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and bruise”, an unfinished actionH1792to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)beat to pieces, break (in pieces), bruise, contrite, crush, destroy, humble, oppress, smite.בַ֝שַּׁ֗עַרvashaarin doorשַׁעַרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in door”, the ordinary formH8179an opening, i.e. door or gatecity, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).וְאֵ֣יןveeynand elseאַיִןconjunction, particle, negative — “and else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).מַצִּֽילmatsildefendנָצַלverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “defend”, a verb used as a describing wordH5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense[idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

His children are far from safety, and are crushed in the gate, with none to deliver them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:

Young’s Literal Translation

Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.

World English Bible

His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

Darby Translation

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:

Douay-Rheims

His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

His children are far from safety, and are crushed in the gate, with none to deliver them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let their children be far from safety, and let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πόῤῥω γένοιντο οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ σωτηρίας, κολαβρισθείησαν δὲ ἐπὶ θύραις ἡσσόνων, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἐξαιρούμενος.