Devine Scripture

Job 14:21

Job chapter 14 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

Context

v.20Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

v.21This passage

v.22But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 63:16

    For thou art our Father, though Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us: thou, O Jehovah, art our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is thy name.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:5

    For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:18

    And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

  • Psalms 39:6

    Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

  • 1 Samuel 4:20

    And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast brought forth a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.

  • Isaiah 39:7

    And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.