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 Here is the fate God accords the wicked. This is the heritage a ruthless man receives 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 The plague will bury those who survive him. Their widows will not weep for them.

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.

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