Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
If his children be multiplied, for them, there is the sword, and, his offspring, shall not be filled with bread;
New American Standard Bible
And his
King James Version
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
Holman Bible
his descendants will never have enough food.
International Standard Version
If he has many children, their destiny is to die by the sword, and his descendants won't have enough food.
A Conservative Version
If his sons be multiplied, it is for the sword. And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
American Standard Version
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
Amplified
“Though his children are many, they are destined for the sword;
And his descendants will not have sufficient bread.
Bible in Basic English
If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread.
Darby Translation
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword, and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread;
Julia Smith Translation
If his sons shall be multiplied, for then the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
King James 2000
If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If their children multiply, [it is] for [the] sword, and his offspring {do not have enough to eat}.
Modern King James verseion
If his sons are multiplied, the sword is for them; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If he get many children, they shall perish with the sword, and his posterity shall have scarceness of bread.
NET Bible
If his children increase -- it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat.
New Heart English Bible
If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
Webster
If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
World English Bible
If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
Youngs Literal Translation
If his sons multiply -- for them is a sword. And his offspring are not satisfied with bread.
Themes
Heredity » Evil influence of the wicked upon posterity
Offspring » Evil influence of the wicked upon posterity
Parent's sins » Visited upon children » Evil influence of the wicked upon posterity
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 27:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Continues His Final Speech
13 This, is the portion of a lawless man with GOD, That, the heritage of tyrants - from the Almighty, he shall receive. 14 If his children be multiplied, for them, there is the sword, and, his offspring, shall not be filled with bread; 15 His survivors, by pestilence, shall come to the grave, and, his widows, shall not weep;
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:41
Sons and daughters, shalt thou beget, and they shall not be thine, for they shall go into captivity.
Deuteronomy 28:32
Thy sons and thy daughters given to another people, thine eyes looking on, and failing for them all the day, thine own hand being powerless.
1 Samuel 2:5
The sated, have, for bread, taken hire, But, the famished, have left off their toil, - So that, the barren, hath given birth unto seven, While, she that hath many sons, languisheth:
2 Kings 9:7-8
and thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy lord, - so will I avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Yahweh, at the hand of Jezebel;
2 Kings 10:6-10
Then wrote he unto them a second letter, saying - If, mine, ye are, and, unto my voice, ye intend to hearken, take ye the heads of the men who are sons of your lord, and come in unto me about this time to-morrow, in Jezreel. Now, the sons of the king, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who had been bringing them up.
Esther 5:11
and Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, - and all the things wherein the king had promoted him to power, and how he had advanced him, above the rulers and the servants of the king.
Esther 9:5-10
So then the Jews smote all their enemies, with the smiting of the sword and slaughter, and destruction, - and they dealt with them who hated them according to their pleasure.
Job 15:22
He hath no confidence to come back out of darkness, he, being destined to the power oft the sword;
Job 20:10
His children, shall seek the favour of the poor, and, his own hand, shall give back his wealth.
Job 21:11-12
They send forth - like a flock - their young ones, and, their children, skip about for joy;
Psalm 109:13
Let his posterity be for cutting off, In another generation, let their name be wiped out;
Hosea 9:13-14
Ephraim! just as I provided for Tyre, was planted in a meadow, - yet, Ephraim, must needs bring forth for a murderer his children.
Luke 23:29
For lo! days are coming, in which they will say - Happy the barren! even the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.