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Job 14:21
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Job 14:21
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If their children are honored, they do not know it; if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.
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Job 14:21 in Other Translations
KJV
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His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
ESV
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His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
NLT
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They never know if their children grow up in honor or sink to insignificance.
MSG
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If our children do well for themselves, we never know it; if they do badly, we're spared the hurt.
CSB
21
If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they become insignificant, he is unaware of it.
Job 14:21 In-Context
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as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy a person’s hope.
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You overpower them once for all, and they are gone; you change their countenance and send them away.
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If their children are honored, they do not know it; if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.
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They feel but the pain of their own bodies and mourn only for themselves.”
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Job 21:21
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Ecclesiastes 9:5
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Isaiah 63:16
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