Job 14:21

¹⁹ The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

²⁰ 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.

²² But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.
KJV: His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
WEB: His sons come to honor, and he doesn’t know it. They are brought low, but he doesn’t perceive it of them.
ASV: His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
DARBY: His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not.
BLB: His sons gain honor, and he does not know [it]; and they are diminished, and he does not perceive it.

ÅB: Kommer hans barn til ære, da vet han det ikke, og blir de ringeaktet, da blir han det ikke var.
OTB: Deres barn oppnår ære, men de vet det ikke;
Eller de blir ubetydelige, og de oppfatter det ikke.
B1930: Kommer hans barn til ære, da vet han det ikke, og blir de ringeaktet, da blir han det ikke var.

Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
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Ecclesiastes 2:18–19
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
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Isaiah 63:16
Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.
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Isaiah 39:7–8
And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
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Psalms 39:6
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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1 Samuel 4:20
And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.
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