Job 14:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִכְבְּד֣וּ בָ֭נָיו וְלֹ֣א יֵדָ֑ע וְ֝יִצְעֲר֗וּ וְֽלֹא־יָבִ֥ין לָֽמוֹ׃

Transliteration

yikbədû bānāyw wəlōʾ yēdāʿ wəyiṣʿărû wəlōʾ-yābîn lāmô

Grammar Details

*yikbədû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural - they are honored
*bānāyw*: noun, masculine, plural, construct + 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix - his sons
*wəlōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*yēdāʿ*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he knows
*wəyiṣʿărû*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural - and they are brought low
*yābîn*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he understands/perceives
*lāmô*: preposition + 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix - to/for them

Word Meanings

*yikbədû*: are honored/become rich/prosper
*bānîm*: sons/children
*yēdāʿ*: knows/perceives/is aware
*yiṣʿărû*: are brought low/become insignificant/are diminished
*yābîn*: understands/perceives/considers
*lāmô*: to them/for them/concerning them

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Eccl 9:5 : 5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Isa 63:16 : 16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.
Isa 39:7-8 : 7 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. 8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
1 Sam 4:20 : 20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.
Ps 39:6 : 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted{H8799)} in vain: he heapeth up{H8799)} riches, and knoweth{H8799)} not who shall gather{H8802)} them.
Eccl 2:18-19 : 18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

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