Parallel Verses
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.
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
Here is the fate God accords the wicked. This is the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:
14
And his
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:41
Even your infant sons and daughters will be taken as prisoners of war.
Deuteronomy 28:32
Your sons and daughters will be dragged off to a foreign country. And you will stand there helpless. Even if you watch for them until you go blind, you will never see them again.
1 Samuel 2:5
Those who were full have hired themselves out for food. The hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven. She who has had many sons has languished.
2 Kings 9:7-8
You are to kill your master the king of the house of Ahab. I am punishing Jezebel for murdering my prophets and my other servants.
2 Kings 10:6-10
Jehu wrote them another letter: If you are with me and are ready to follow my orders, bring the heads of King Ahab's descendants to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow. The seventy descendants of King Ahab were under the care and were being brought up by the leading citizens of Samaria.
Esther 5:11
He gave them an account of the glories of his wealth. The number of children he had. He recalled the ways in which he had been honored by the king. How the king put him over the captains and servants of the king.
Esther 9:5-10
So the Jews overcame all their attackers with the sword and with death and destruction, and did to their enemies whatever they had a desire to do.
Job 15:22
He despairs of escaping the darkness; he is marked for the sword.
Job 20:10
His children must make amends to the poor. He must give back his wealth.
Job 21:11-12
They send out their little ones like a flock, and their children dance around.
Psalm 109:13
Let his descendants be cut off and their family name be wiped out by the next generation.
Hosea 9:13-14
I have seen Ephraim planted in a pleasant meadow like Tyre. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.
Luke 23:29
The days are coming when they will say blessed are the barren those without children and the breasts that never nursed.