Parallel Verses
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.
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.
International Standard Version
"If his children are honored, he doesn't know it; if they become insignificant, he never perceives 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.
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
Kabad
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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 Thou prevailest against him, so that he passeth away; thou changes his estate, and puttest him from thee. 21 Whether his children come to worship or no, he cannot tell: And if they be men of low degree, he knoweth not. 22 While he liveth, his flesh must have travail: And while the soul is in him, he must be in sorrow."
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 9:5
For they that be living, know that they shall die: but they that be dead, know nothing, neither deserve they anymore. For their memorial is forgotten,
Isaiah 63:16
Yet art thou our father: For Abraham knoweth us not, neither is Israel acquainted with us. But thou LORD art our father and redeemer, and thy name is everlasting.
1 Samuel 4:20
And about the time of her death, the women that stood about her, said unto her, "Fear not for thou hast borne a son." But she answered not, nor regarded it.
Psalm 39:6
Yea every man walketh as it were a shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain: he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.
Ecclesiastes 2:18-19
Yea, I was weary of all my labour, which I had taken under the Sun, because I should be fain to leave them unto another man, that cometh after me.
Isaiah 39:7-8
Yea, and part of thy sons, that shall come of thee, and whom thou shalt get, shall be carried hence, and become gelded chamberlains in the king of Babylon's court."