Job 14:21

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.”

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BSBPD

“If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Honoured are his sons, and he knoweth not; And they are little, and he attendeth not to them.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 14:21 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 4:20As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.
  2. Job 21:21For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
  3. Psalms 39:6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
  4. Ecclesiastes 2:18I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
  5. Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
  6. Isaiah 39:7And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
  7. Isaiah 63:16Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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