Job 14:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Job 14:21 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Isaiah 63:16

For thou art our father, though Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us: thou, O LORD, art our father; our redeemer from everlasting is thy name.

Psalm 39:6

Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

1 Samuel 4:20

And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast brought forth a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.

Job 14:22

But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.

Job 24:24

They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all other, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

Proverbs 31:18

She perceiveth that her merchandise is profitable: Her lamp goeth not out by night.

Job 21:21

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