Job 14:21 “If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought lo…”

Job 14:21

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

His sons come to honor, and he doesn’t know it. They are brought low, but he doesn’t perceive it of them.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And he knoweth not if his sonnes shall be honourable, neither shall he vnderstand concerning them, whether they shalbe of lowe degree,

Darby Translation

His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

His sons come to honour, and he has no knowledge of it; they are made low, but he is not conscious of it.

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Cross references

“he knoweth it not”

Ecclesiastes 9:5 Isaiah 63:16 1 Samuel 4:20 Psalm 39:6 Ecclesiastes 2:18 Ecclesiastes 2:19

Ecclesiastes 9:5 · BSB

For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.

Isaiah 63:16 · BSB

Yet 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.

1 Samuel 4:20 · BSB

As 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.

Psalm 39:6 · BSB

Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

Ecclesiastes 2:18 · BSB

I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

Ecclesiastes 2:19 · BSB

And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.

22He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”

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