Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
If his sons are multiplied, the sword is for them; and his offspring shall not be satisfied 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 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.
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 wicked man with God, and the inheritance of cruel men which they shall receive from the Almighty. 14 If his sons are multiplied, the sword is for them; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 15 Those who remain of him shall be buried in death; and his widows shall not weep.
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:41
You shall father sons and daughters, but you shall not enjoy them, for they shall go into captivity.
Deuteronomy 28:32
Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, and your eyes shall look and fail for them all the day long. And there shall be no power in your hand.
1 Samuel 2:5
They that were full have hired themselves out for bread, and they that were hungry ceased; yea, while the barren has borne seven, and she who had many sons has languished.
2 Kings 9:7-8
And you shall strike the house of Ahab your master, so that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah at the hand of Jezebel.
2 Kings 10:6-10
And he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If you are mine, and will listen to my voice, take the heads of the men, your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by this time tomorrow. And the king's sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city who brought them up.
Esther 5:11
And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and his many sons, and all to which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
Esther 9:5-10
And the Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would to those who hated them.
Job 15:22
He does not believe in a return from darkness, but he is awaited by the sword.
Job 20:10
His sons shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore his wealth.
Job 21:11-12
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
Psalm 109:13
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Hosea 9:13-14
Ephraim, when I looked toward Tyre, was planted in a pleasant place. But Ephraim shall bring out his sons to the murderer.
Luke 23:29
For behold, the days are coming in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts which did not suckle.