Job 14:20-21

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Job 14:18-22 The Message (MSG)

“Meanwhile, mountains wear down and boulders break up, Stones wear smooth and soil erodes, as you relentlessly grind down our hope. You’re too much for us. As always, you get the last word. We don’t like it and our faces show it, but you send us off anyway. If our children do well for themselves, we never know it; if they do badly, we’re spared the hurt. Body and soul, that’s it for us— a lifetime of pain, a lifetime of sorrow.”

Job 14:20-21 King James Version (KJV)

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

Job 14:20-21 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

You forever overpower him and he departs; You change his appearance and send him away. His sons achieve honor, but he does not know it; Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.

Job 14:20-21 New Century Version (NCV)

You defeat people forever, and they are gone; you change their appearance and send them away. Their children are honored, but they do not know it; their children are disgraced, but they do not see it.

Job 14:20-21 American Standard Version (ASV)

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

Job 14:20-21 New International Version (NIV)

You overpower them once for all, and they are gone; you change their countenance and send them away. If their children are honored, they do not know it; if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.

Job 14:20-21 New King James Version (NKJV)

You prevail forever against him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away. His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.

Job 14:20-21 Amplified Bible (AMP)

“You prevail forever against him and overpower him, and he passes on; You change his appearance and send him away [from the presence of the living]. “His sons achieve honor, and he does not know it; They become insignificant, and he is not aware of it.

Job 14:20-21 New Living Translation (NLT)

You always overpower them, and they pass from the scene. You disfigure them in death and send them away. They never know if their children grow up in honor or sink to insignificance.

Job 14:20-21 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

You prevail forever against him, and he passes; you change his countenance, and send him away. His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; they are brought low, and he perceives it not.