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 · 2000If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
KJV
King James Version · 1611If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862If 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) · 1752If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword, and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread;
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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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