Job 27:14

What does Job 27:14 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 27:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

If his sons multiply--for them <FI>is<Fi> a sword. And his offspring <FI>are<Fi> not satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword, and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread;

Context

v.13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:

v.14This passage

v.15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation.

Cross references

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

  • Esther 9:5

    And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they would unto them that hated them.

  • Luke 23:29

    For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.

  • Job 21:11

    They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.

  • 1 Samuel 2:5

    They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; And they that were hungry have ceasedto hunger: Yea, the barren hath borne seven; And she that hath many children languisheth.

  • Deuteronomy 28:41

    Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity.

  • Hosea 9:13

    Ephraim, like as I have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring out his children to the slayer.

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