Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
His children . . . crushed in the gate—A judicial formula. The gate was the place of judgment and of other public proceedings (Psalms 127:5; Proverbs 22:22; Genesis 23:10; Deuteronomy 21:19). Such propylæa have been found in the Assyrian remains. Eliphaz obliquely alludes to the calamity which cut off Job's children.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 5:4:
Job 17:5
Job 21:8
Psalms 127:5
Proverbs 22:22-23
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