His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
Job 14:22 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) He feels only the pain of his own body, and he mourns only for himself.” Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, And his soul within him shall mourn. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But his body [lamenting its decay in the grave] shall grieve over him, and his soul shall mourn [over the body of clay which it once enlivened]. American Standard Version (1901) But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth. Common English Bible They only feel the pain of their body, and they mourn for themselves. Catholic Public Domain Version And in this way his body, while he yet lives, will have grief, and his soul will mourn over himself. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But yet his flesh, while he shall live, shall have pain: and his soul shall mourn over him. |
His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then from my flesh I shall see God,
The wicked is overthrown through his evil-doing, but the righteous finds refuge through his integrity.