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

²¹ For what do they care for their household after them, when the number of their months is cut off?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ For what pleasure or interest has a man in his house and family after he is dead, when the number of his months is cut off?

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?

Common English Bible

²¹ What do they care about their household after they die, when their numbered days are cut off?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ For what does he care what happens to his house after him, or if the number of its months are reduced by half?

Job 21:21 Cross References

Job 14:5

Since their days are determined, and the number of their months is known to you, and you have appointed the bounds that they cannot pass,

Psalm 102:24

“O my God,” I say, “do not take me away at the midpoint of my life, you whose years endure throughout all generations.”

Psalm 55:23

But you, O God, will cast them down into the lowest pit; the bloodthirsty and treacherous shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.

Job 14:21

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

Job 21:20

Let their own eyes see their destruction, and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

Job 21:22

Will any teach God knowledge, seeing that he judges those who are on high?