Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 forever prevail against him, and he departs. You change his face, and send him away. 21 His sons come to honor, and he doesn't know it. They are brought low, but he doesn't perceive it of them. 22 But his flesh on him has pain, and his soul within him mourns."
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Isaiah 63:16
For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn't know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.
1 Samuel 4:20
About the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, "Do not be afraid; for you have given birth to a son." But she did not answer, neither did she regard it.
Psalm 39:6
"Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.
Ecclesiastes 2:18-19
I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
Isaiah 39:7-8
'They will take away your sons who will issue from you, whom you shall father, and they will be eunuchs in the king of Babylon's palace.'"