Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword;
And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread.

King James Version

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

Holman Bible

Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword;
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.

The Emphasized Bible

If his children be multiplied, for them, there is the sword, and, his offspring, shall not be filled 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
it is for
למו 
L@mow 
for, at, to, upon
Usage: 7

the sword
חרב 
Chereb 
Usage: 413

צאצא 
Tse'etsa' 
Usage: 11

shall not be satisfied
שׂבע שׂבע 
Saba` 
Usage: 98

References

Hastings

Job

Context Readings

Job Continues His Final Speech

13 "This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty: 14 “Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword;
And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread.
15 Those who survive him the pestilence buries, and his widows do not weep.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:41

You shall father sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours, for they shall go into captivity.

Deuteronomy 28:32

Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, while your eyes look on and fail with longing for them all day long, but you shall be helpless.

1 Samuel 2:5

Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn.

2 Kings 9:7-8

And you shall strike down the house of Ahab your master, so that I may avenge on Jezebel the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD.

2 Kings 10:6-10

Then he wrote to them a second letter, saying, "If you are on my side, and if you are ready to obey me, take the heads of your master's sons and come to me at Jezreel tomorrow at this time." Now the king's sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who were bringing them up.

Esther 5:11

And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the servants of the king.

Esther 9:5-10

The Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and did as they pleased to those who hated them.

Job 15:22

He does not believe that he will return out of darkness, and he is marked for the sword.

Job 20:10

His children will seek the favor of the poor, and his hands will give back his wealth.

Job 21:11-12

They send out their little boys like a flock, and their children dance.

Psalm 109:13

May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation!

Hosea 9:13-14

Ephraim, as I have seen, was like a young palm planted in a meadow; but Ephraim must lead his children out to slaughter.

Luke 23:29

For behold, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!'

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