Job 20:24

24 Aunque huya de las armas de hierro,una flecha de bronce lo 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, lo abrumará la angustia;le sobrevendrá toda la fuerza de la desgracia.

23 Cuando el malvado se haya llenado el vientre,Dios dará rienda suelta a su enojo contra él,y descargará sobre él sus golpes.

24 Aunque huya de las armas de hierro,una flecha de bronce lo atravesará.

25 Cuando del hígado y de la espaldaintente sacarse la punta de la flecha,se verá sobrecogido de espanto,

26 y la oscuridad total acechará sus tesoros.Un fuego no atizado acabará con ély con todo lo que haya quedado de su casa.