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Job 14:20–22

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20You overpower him forever, and he passes away;

you change his countenance,s thent you send him away.

21His children may come to honor, butu he does not know it;

orv they may become lowly, butw he does not realize it.x

22He feels only the pain of his own body,y

and his inner selfz mourns for him.”a

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Footnotes

  1. sLiterally “his faces”
  2. tHebrew “and”
  3. uHebrew “and”
  4. vHebrew “and”
  5. wHebrew “and”
  6. xOr “them”
  7. yHebrew “his body on him”
  8. zOr “soul”
  9. aOr “for himself”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

You prevail forever against him, and he passes;

you change his countenance, and send him away.

His sons come to honor, and he does not know it;

they are brought low, and he perceives it not.

He feels only the pain of his own body,

and he mourns only for himself.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You overpower them once for all, and they are gone;

you change their countenance and send them away.

If their children are honored, they do not know it;

if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.

They feel but the pain of their own bodies

and mourn only for themselves.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You completely overpower him, and he passes on;

you change his appearance and send him away.

If his sons receive honor, he does not know it;

if they become insignificant, he is unaware of it.

He feels only the pain of his own body

and mourns only for himself.

NLTNew Living Translation

You always overpower them, and they pass from the scene.

You disfigure them in death and send them away.

They never know if their children grow up in honor

or sink to insignificance.

They suffer painfully;

their life is full of trouble.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth:

Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not;

And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

But his flesh upon him shall have pain,

And his soul within him shall mourn.