Job 14:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

And he knoweth not if his sonnes shall be honourable, neither shall he vnderstand concerning them, whether they shalbe of lowe degree,

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  • Eccl 9:5 : 5 For the liuing knowe that they shall dye, but the dead knowe nothing at all: neither haue they any more a rewarde: for their remembrance is forgotten.
  • Isa 63:16 : 16 Doutles thou art our Father: though Abraham be ignorant of vs, and Israel knowe vs not, yet thou, O Lord, art our Father, and our redeemer: thy Name is for euer.
  • Isa 39:7-8 : 7 And of thy sonnes, that shall proceede out of thee, and which thou shalt beget, shall they take away, and they shall be eunuches in the palace of the King of Babel. 8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, The worde of the Lord is good, which thou hast spoken: and he saide, Yet let there be peace, and trueth in my dayes.
  • 1 Sam 4:20 : 20 And about the time of her death, the women that stoode about her, sayd vnto her, Feare not: for thou hast borne a sonne: but she answered not, nor regarded it.
  • Ps 39:6 : 6 Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.
  • Eccl 2:18-19 : 18 I hated also all my labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne, which I shall leaue to the man that shalbe after me. 19 And who knoweth whether he shalbe wise or foolish? yet shall hee haue rule ouer all my labour, wherein I haue trauailed, and wherein I haue shewed my selfe wise vnder the sunne. This is also vanitie.

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  • 22 But while his flesh is vpon him, he shall be sorowfull, and while his soule is in him, it shal mourne.

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    9 So that the eye which had seene him, shall do so no more, & his place shal see him no more.

    10 His children shall flatter the poore, & his hands shall restore his substance.

    11 His bones are full of the sinne of his youth, and it shal lie downe with him in the dust.

  • 14 (5:13) And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.

  • Job 21:19-21
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    19 God wil lay vp the sorowe of the father for his children: when he rewardeth him, hee shall knowe it.

    20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drinke of the wrath of the Almightie.

    21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the nomber of his moneths is cut off?

  • 9 Strangers haue deuoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray heares are here and there vpon him, yet he knoweth not.

  • Ps 49:17-20
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    17 For he shall take nothing away when he dieth, neither shal his pompe descende after him.

    18 For while he liued, he reioyced himselfe: and men will prayse thee, when thou makest much of thy selfe.

    19 He shal enter into the generation of his fathers, and they shall not liue for euer.

    20 Man is in honour, and vnderstandeth not: he is like to beasts that perish.

  • 6 Childres children are the crowne of the elders: and the glory of ye children are their fathers.

  • 14 But if he beget a sonne, that seeth all his fathers sinnes, which he hath done, and feareth, neither doeth such like,

  • 20 Thou preuailest alway against him, so that he passeth away: he changeth his face when thou castest him away.

  • 21 He that delicately bringeth vp his seruant from youth, at length he will be euen as his sone.

  • Job 18:17-18
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    17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall haue no name in the streete.

    18 They shall driue him out of the light vnto darkenesse, and chase him out of the world.

  • 20 The posteritie shalbe astonied at his day, and feare shall come vpon the ancient.

  • 4 His children shalbe farre from saluation, and they shall be destroyed in the gate, & none shall deliuer them.

  • 20 A wise sonne reioyceth the father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

  • 21 Doeth not their dignitie goe away with them? do they not die, & that without wisdom?

  • 21 A sounde of feare is in his eares, and in his prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.

  • 23 The pride of a man shall bring him lowe: but the humble in spirit shall enioy glory.

  • Job 17:4-5
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    4 For thou hast hid their heart from vnderstanding: therefore shalt thou not set them vp on hie.

    5 For the eyes of his children shall faile, that speaketh flattery to his friends.

  • 25 A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.

  • 18 If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, which wil not hearken vnto the voice of his father, nor the voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened him, and he would not obey them,

  • Job 27:14-15
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    14 If his children be in great nomber, the sworde shall destroy them, and his posteritie shall not be satisfied with bread.

    15 His remnant shall be buried in death, and his widowes shall not weepe.

  • 15 But nowe because his anger hath not visited, nor called to count the euill with great extremitie,

  • 4 For he commeth into vanitie and goeth into darkenesse: and his name shall be couered with darkenesse.

  • 2 He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.

  • 23 Though men giue him assurance to be in safetie, yet his eyes are vpon their wayes.

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    31 Who shal declare his way to his face? & who shal reward him for that he hath done?

    32 Yet shal he be brought to the graue, & remaine in the heape.

  • 21 His flesh faileth that it can not be seene, and his bones which were not seene, clatter.

  • 13 They spend their dayes in wealth, and suddenly they go downe to the graue.

  • 13 The sorowes of a trauailing woman shall come vpon him: he is an vnwise sonne, els would he not stande still at the time, euen at the breaking forth of the children.

  • 21 He powreth contempt vpon princes, and maketh the strength of the mightie weake.

  • 21 He that begetteth a foole, getteth himselfe sorow, and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • 21 For his eyes are vpon the wayes of man, and he seeth all his goings.

  • 24 Doubtles none can stretch his hand vnto the graue, though they cry in his destruction.

  • 11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth away his face, and will neuer see.

  • 13 Better is a poore and wise childe, then an olde and foolish King, which will no more be admonished.

  • 22 For their destruction shal rise suddenly, and who knoweth the ruine of them both?

  • 29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof in the earth.

  • 37 But last of all he sent vnto them his owne sonne, saying, They will reuerence my sonne.

  • 7 The steps of his strength shalbe restrained, and his owne counsell shall cast him downe.