Job 14:21 — King James Version← Study notes

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

Job 14:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 14:218 words

HebrewMeaning

יִכְבְּד֣וּyikəbədw

they are honoredverbH3513

more grievously afflict · boast · be chargeable · be dim ···

בָ֭נָי/וbānāyw

sons hisnounH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ

and notconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יֵדָ֑עyēdāʿ

he knowsverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

וְ֝/יִצְעֲר֗וּwəyiṣəʿărw

and they may be insignificantconjH6819

little one · be small

וְֽ/לֹאwəlōʾ

and notconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יָבִ֥יןyābiyn

he perceivesverbH995

consider · be cunning · diligently · direct ···

לָֽ/מוֹlāmwō

pron

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 14:21

Whether his sons be in honour or dishonour, he perceiveth not. For as they, who are still living, know nothing of the souls of the dead, in what place they are held; so the dead, concerning the life of those living after them in the flesh, know not at all how it is ordered; in that both the life of the spirit is far from the life of the flesh, and as the corporeal and incorporeal are things different in kind, so are they parted in knowledge. Which however is not to be…
Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 12 §25

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

Publish a note on this verse

David MensahNote3mo ago

Living with purpose - Job 14

Now I understand why - it's a daily declaration of dependence on God. The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible. God is faithful in every circumstance. This connects directly to the ...