Job 27:14

14 However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat.

Job 27:14 in Other Translations

KJV
14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
ESV
14 If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword, and his descendants have not enough bread.
NLT
14 They may have many children, but the children will die in war or starve to death.
MSG
14 Their children - all of them - will die violent deaths; they'll never have enough bread to put on the table.
CSB
14 Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword; his descendants will never have enough food.

Job 27:14 In-Context

12 You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?
13 “Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:
14 However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat.
15 The plague will bury those who survive him, and their widows will not weep for them.
16 Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay,

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Job 5:4
  • 2. Deuteronomy 28:41; S Job 15:22; S Lamentations 2:22; Hosea 9:13
  • 3. S Job 4:11; Job 20:10
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