Job 5:4

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

Cross-reference

Job 1:19 Historical context

Job 1:19 describes Job's own children being killed — directly fulfilling the pattern of children far from safety and crushed in the gate.

In Job 18:16-19, Bildad describes the wicked's offspring being destroyed — mirroring the children far from safety in 5:4.

Job 21:8 Contrast

Job 21:8 describes the wicked's children thriving—directly opposite to the crushing in Job 5:4.

Job 27:14 Parallel

In Job 27:14, Job himself uses similar language about the wicked's children facing sword and hunger — echoes the fate of children in 5:4.

Job 8:4 Contrast

In Job 8:4, Bildad also speaks of children's downfall, but attributes it to their sin — a different reason than Eliphaz's general calamity.

Job 10:7 Parallel

Job 10:7 echoes the phrase 'no one to deliver' but from God's hand, contrasting Job's plea of innocence with Eliphaz's accusation.

Psalm 109:9-15 prays for the enemy's children to be orphans and cut off — directly parallels the fate of children in Job 5:4.

Psalm 127:5 Contrast

Psalm 127:5 promises blessing and honor at the gate for having many children — the opposite of children being crushed in the gate in Job 5:4.

Exodus 20:5 Historical context

Exodus 20:5 introduces the principle of generational punishment — children suffering for parents' sins, a concept underlying Eliphaz's claim in 5:4.

Joshua 20:4 Contrast

Joshua 20:4 describes the gate as a place of refuge, opposite to the crushing gate in Job 5:4—a contrast in meaning.

2 Chronicles 21:17 recounts sons taken captive—a similar calamity on children, though not in the gate.

Psalm 7:2 Parallel

Psalm 7:2 also uses 'none to deliver' with lion imagery—a parallel cry of helplessness against enemies.

Lamentations 5:8 laments 'none to deliver us'—same phrase as Job 5:4, applied to national oppression.