Job 14:22
20 You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.
21 If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.
He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”
- KJV
- But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
- WEB
- But his flesh on him has pain, and his soul within him mourns.”
- ASV
- But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.
- DARBY
- But his flesh hath pain for himself alone, and his soul mourneth for himself.
- BLB
- Indeed his flesh upon him is in pain, and his soul mourns over him.”
- ÅB
- Bare over ham selv kjenner hans legeme smerte, og bare over ham selv sørger hans sjel.
- OTB
- Men deres kropp føler smerte,
Og deres sjel sørger over det.” - B1930
- Bare over ham selv kjenner hans legeme smerte, og bare over ham selv sørger hans sjel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 19:26
Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
Read in contextJob 33:19–21
A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
Read in contextProverbs 14:32
The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
Read in contextJob 19:22
Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?
Read in contextJob 19:20
My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
Read in contextLuke 16:23–24
In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
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