Job 21:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Their children are ever with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 5:3-4 : 3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house. 4 Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.
  • Job 18:19 : 19 He has no offspring or family among his people, and in his living-place there is no one of his name.
  • Job 20:10 : 10 His children are hoping that the poor will be kind to them, and his hands give back his wealth.
  • Job 20:28 : 28 The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.
  • Ps 17:14 : 14 With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.
  • Prov 17:6 : 6 Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

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    9And their seed will be noted among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples: it will be clear to all who see them that they are the seed to which the Lord has given his blessing.

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    2His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright.

  • Ps 21:10
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    10Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

  • Isa 65:23
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    23Their work will not be for nothing, and they will not give birth to children for destruction; for they are a seed to whom the Lord has given his blessing, and their offspring will be with them.

  • Ps 102:28
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    28The children of your servants will have a safe resting-place, and their seed will be ever before you.

  • Job 8:19
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    19Such is the joy of his way, and out of the dust another comes up to take his place.

  • Job 27:13-14
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    13This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all.

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  • Jer 30:20
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    20And their children will be as they were in the old days, and the meeting of the people will have its place before me, and I will send punishment on all who are cruel to them.

  • Job 24:23
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    23He takes away his fear of danger and gives him support; and his eyes are on his ways.

  • Isa 14:21
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    21Make ready a place of death for his children, because of the evil-doing of their father; so that they may not come up and take the earth for their heritage, covering the face of the world with waste places.

  • Job 4:8
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    8What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.

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    16Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)

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    25You will be certain that your seed will be great, and your offspring like the plants of the earth.

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    11The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.

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    13His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage.

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    8Only with your eyes will you see the reward of the evil-doers.

  • Ps 22:30
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  • Prov 29:16
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    16When evil men are in power, wrongdoing is increased; but the upright will have pleasure when they see their downfall.

  • Isa 48:19
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    19Your seed would have been like the sand, and your offspring like the dust: your name would not be cut off or come to an end before me.

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    3See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward.

  • Job 21:18-19
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    18How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?

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