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Job 27:14

Judgment

12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.
KJV
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
WEB
If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring will not be satisfied with bread.
ASV
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
DARBY
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword, and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread;
BLB
If his sons should increase, [it is] for the sword; and his offspring shall not be satisfied [with] bread.
ÅB
Får han mange barn, så er de hjemfalt til sverdet; hans etterkommere får ikke brød å mette seg med.
OTB
Selv om hans barn er mange, er de bestemt for sverdet;
Og hans etterkommere vil ikke ha nok brød.
B1930
Får han mange barn, så er de hjemfalt til sverdet; hans ætlinger får ikke brød å mette sig med.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 28:41

    Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.

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  • Luke 23:29

    For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

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  • Job 20:10

    His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

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  • Esther 5:11

    And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

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  • Psalms 109:13

    Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

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  • 1 Samuel 2:5

    They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

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  • Esther 9:5–10

    Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.

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  • Hosea 9:13–14

    Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.

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