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Job 14:21–22

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

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

22 They feel but the pain of their own bodiesq

and mourn only for themselves.r

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Job 14:21–22 — English Standard Version (ESV)

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

they are brought low, and he perceives it not.

22 He feels only the pain of his own body,

and he mourns only for himself.”

Job 14:21–22 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

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

22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain,

And his soul within him shall mourn.

Job 14:21–22 — New Living Translation (NLT)

21 They never know if their children grow up in honor

or sink to insignificance.

22 They suffer painfully;

their life is full of trouble.”

Job 14:21–22 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

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

They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.

22 But his flesh will be in pain over it,

And his soul will mourn over it.”

Job 14:21–22 — New Century Version (NCV)

21 Their children are honored, but they do not know it;

their children are disgraced, but they do not see it.

22 They only feel the pain of their body

and feel sorry for themselves.”

Job 14:21–22 — American Standard Version (ASV)

21 His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not;

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

22 But his flesh upon him hath pain,

And his soul within him mourneth.

Job 14:21–22 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not. 22 But his flesh hath pain for himself alone, and his soul mourneth for himself.

Job 14:21–22 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

21 His sons are honored, and he doesn’t know it. 

Or they become unimportant, and he doesn’t realize it. 

22 He feels only his body’s pain. 

He is only worried about himself.” 

Job 14:21–22 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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

if they become insignificant, he is unaware of it.

22 He feels only the pain of his own body

and mourns only for himself.

Job 14:21–22 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

21 Their children come to honor, and they do not know it;

they are brought low, and it goes unnoticed.

22 They feel only the pain of their own bodies,

and mourn only for themselves.”

Job 14:21–22 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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

or they may become lowly, but he does not realize it.

22 He feels only the pain of his own body,

and his inner self mourns for him.”

Job 14:21–22 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

21 If our children are honored, we don’t even know it.

If they are dishonored, we don’t even see it.

22 All we feel is the pain of our own bodies.

We are full of sadness only for ourselves.”

Job 14:21–22 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

21 “His sons achieve honor, but he does not know it;

Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.

22 “But his body pains him,

And he mourns only for himself.”


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