Job 20:24

24 Cuando intenten escapar de un arma de hierro,
una flecha de bronce los atravesará.

Job 20:24 Meaning and Commentary

Job 20:24

He shall flee from the iron weapon
The sword, for fear of being thrust through with it; the flaming sword of justice God sometimes threatens to take, and whet, and make use of against ungodly men; the sword of God, as Bar Tzemach observes, is hereby figuratively expressed; fleeing from it, or an attempt to flee from it, shows guilt in the conscience, danger, and a sense of it, and a fear of falling into it, and yet there is no escaping the hand of God, or fleeing from his presence:

[and] the bow of steel shall strike him through;
that is, an arrow out of a bow, made of steel or brass, of which bows were formerly made, and reckoned the strongest and most forcible, see ( Psalms 18:34 ) ; signifying, that if he should escape the dint of a weapon, a sword or spear used near at hand, yet, as he fled, he would be reached by one that strikes at a distance, an arrow shot from a bow; the sense is, that, if a wicked man escapes one judgment, another will be sure to follow him, and overtake him and destroy him, see ( Isaiah 24:17 Isaiah 24:18 ) ( Amos 5:19 ) .

Job 20:24 In-Context

22 »En medio de la abundancia, caerán en dificultades
y el sufrimiento se apoderará de ellos.

23 Que Dios les llene la vida de problemas;
que Dios haga llover su enojo sobre ellos.

24 Cuando intenten escapar de un arma de hierro,
una flecha de bronce los atravesará.

25 Cuando les arranquen la flecha de la espalda
la punta brillará con sangre.
El terror de la muerte los invade.

26 Sus tesoros serán lanzados a la más densa oscuridad.
Un fuego descontrolado devorará sus bienes,
y consumirá todo lo que les queda.