Job 14:21

If his sons are honored, he does not know it; 1 and if they are brought low, he does not see it. 1

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His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

In Context

20You always defeat him, and he passes away; 1 you change his face and send him away to die. 1

22He feels only the pain of his own body, 1 and he mourns for himself.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 4:20About the time of her death the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son.” But she did not answer or take what they said to heart.

Psalms 39:6Surely every man walks about like a shadow. 1 Surely everyone hurries about 1 to accumulate riches although they do not know who will receive them. 1

Ecclesiastes 9:5For living people know they will die, 2 but the dead do not know anything. 1 They no longer have any reward 2 because their memory is forgotten. 1

Isaiah 63:16For you are our father, 1 though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not recognize us, 1 you, Yahweh, are our father. 'Our Redeemer' has been your name from ancient times. 1

Matthew Henry on Job 14:17-22

Complainings of Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? 17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. 18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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