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Job 27:14–15

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14However many his children,i their fate is the sword;j

his offspring will never have enough to eat.k

15The plague will bury those who survive him,

and their widows will not weep for them.l

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Cross references

  1. iSee Job 5:4
  2. jSee Job 15:22; See La 2:22
  3. kSee Job 4:11
  4. lPs 78:64

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword,

and his descendants have not enough bread.

Those who survive him the pestilence buries,

and his widows do not weep.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword;

his descendants will never have enough food.

Those who survive him will be buried by the plague,

yet their widows will not weep for them.

NLTNew Living Translation

They may have many children,

but the children will die in war or starve to death.

Those who survive will die of a plague,

and not even their widows will mourn them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

If their children multiply, it is for the sword,

and his offspring do not have enough to eat.

Their survivors are buried through the plague,

and their widows do not weep.

KJV 1900King James Version

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword:

And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

Those that remain of him shall be buried in death:

And his widows shall not weep.