Job 14:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ Their children come to honor, and they do not know it; they are brought low, and it goes unnoticed.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ His sons come to honor, and he knows it not; they are brought low, and he perceives it not.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

Common English Bible

²¹ Their children achieve honor, and they don’t know it; their children become insignificant, and they don’t see it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Whether his sons have been noble or ignoble, he will not understand.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ Whether his children come to honour or dishonour, he shall not understand.

Job 14:21 Cross References

Job 14:22

They feel only the pain of their own bodies and mourn only for themselves.”

Job 21:21

For what do they care for their household after them, when the number of their months is cut off?

Job 24:24

They are exalted a little while and then are gone; they wither and fade like the mallow; they are cut off like the heads of grain.

Psalm 39:6

Surely everyone goes about like a shadow. Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; they heap up and do not know who will gather.

Proverbs 31:18

She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no more reward, and even the memory of them is lost.

Isaiah 63:16

For 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 of old is your name.

1 Samuel 4:20

As she was about to die, the women attending her said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you have borne a son.” But she did not answer or give heed.