Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"If his children are honored, he doesn't know it; if they become insignificant, he never perceives it.
New American Standard Bible
Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.
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.
Holman Bible
if they become insignificant, he is unaware of it.
A Conservative Version
His sons come to honor, and he does not know it, and they are brought low, but he does not 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.
Amplified
“His sons achieve honor, and he does not know it;
They become insignificant, and he is not aware of it.
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.
Darby Translation
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not.
Julia Smith Translation
His sons will be honored and he knew not: they will be brought low, and he will not understand for them.
King James 2000
His sons come to honor, and he knows it not; and they are brought low, but he perceives it not of them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
His children may [come to] honor, but he does not know [it]; or they may become lowly, but he does not realize it.
Modern King James verseion
His sons come to honor, and he knows it not; they fall, but he does not mark it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whether his children come to worship or no, he cannot tell: And if they be men of low degree, he knoweth not.
NET Bible
If his sons are honored, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not see it.
New Heart 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.
The Emphasized Bible
His sons, come to honour, and he knoweth it not, Or they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not of them.
Webster
His sons come to honor, 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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Honoured are his sons, and he knoweth not; And they are little, and he attendeth not to them.
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 14:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Continues To Argue His Case With God
20 You overpower him once and for all, and then he departs; you change his appearance and then send him away. 21 "If his children are honored, he doesn't know it; if they become insignificant, he never perceives it. 22 He feels only his own pain, and grieves only for himself."
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 9:5
At least the living know they will die, but the dead know nothing; they no longer have a reward, since memory about them has been forgotten.
Isaiah 63:16
But you are our Father, even Abraham does not know us and Israel has not acknowledged us; you are he, O LORD, our Father, from long ago, "Our Redeemer' is your name.
1 Samuel 4:20
As she was about to die, the women standing around her said, "Don't be afraid! You've given birth to a son." But she did not respond or pay attention.
Psalm 39:6
In fact, people walk around as shadows. Surely, they busy themselves for nothing, heaping up possessions but not knowing who will get them.
Ecclesiastes 2:18-19
Then I despised everything I had worked for on earth, that is, the things that I will leave to the person who will succeed me.
Isaiah 39:7-8
"Then some of your own sons, who will come from your loins, whom you will father, will be taken away to become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.'"