Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For what do they care about the families they leave behind when their allotted months come to an end? New Living Translation For they will not care what happens to their family after they are dead. English Standard Version For what do they care for their houses after them, when the number of their months is cut off? Berean Standard Bible For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out? King James Bible For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? New King James Version For what does he care about his household after him, When the number of his months is cut in half? New American Standard Bible “For what does he care about his household after him, When the number of his months is at an end? NASB 1995 “For what does he care for his household after him, When the number of his months is cut off? NASB 1977 “For what does he care for his household after him, When the number of his months is cut off? Legacy Standard Bible For what desire does he have for his household after him, When the number of his months is cut off? Amplified Bible “For what pleasure does he have in his house and family after he is dead, When the number of his months [of life] is cut off? Christian Standard Bible For what does he care about his family once he is dead, when the number of his months has run out? Holman Christian Standard Bible For what does he care about his family once he is dead, when the number of his months has run out? American Standard Version For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off? Aramaic Bible in Plain English What is the pleasure in his house after him, and the number of his months kept for his children? Brenton Septuagint Translation For his desire is in his house with him, and the number of his months has been suddenly cut off. Contemporary English Version Because after they are dead, they won't care what happens to their children." Douay-Rheims Bible For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half? English Revised Version For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? GOD'S WORD® Translation How can he be interested in his family after he's gone, when the number of his months is cut short? Good News Translation When our lives are over, do we really care whether our children are happy? International Standard Version What will they care for their household after them, when the number of his months comes to an end?" JPS Tanakh 1917 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him? Seeing the number of his months is determined. Literal Standard Version For what [is] his delight in his house after him, | And the number of his months cut off? Majority Standard Bible For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out? New American Bible For what interest has he in his family after him, when the number of his months is finished? NET Bible For what is his interest in his home after his death, when the number of his months has been broken off? New Revised Standard Version For what do they care for their household after them, when the number of their months is cut off? New Heart English Bible For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off? Webster's Bible Translation For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? World English Bible For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off? Young's Literal Translation For what is his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job: God will Punish the Wicked…20Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty. 21For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out? 22Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?… Cross References Job 14:5 Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed, Job 21:20 Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty. Job 21:22 Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high? Treasury of Scripture For what pleasure has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the middle? For what Job 14:21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. Ecclesiastes 2:18,19 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… Luke 16:27,28 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: … the number Job 14:5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; Psalm 55:23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. Psalm 102:24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. Jump to Previous Allotted Care Careth Cut Delight Determined End Ended Family House Household Houses Interest Leaves Midst Months PleasureJump to Next Allotted Care Careth Cut Delight Determined End Ended Family House Household Houses Interest Leaves Midst Months PleasureJob 21 1. Job shows that even in the judgment of man he has reason to be grieved7. Sometimes the wicked prosper, though they despise God 16. Sometimes their destruction is manifest 21. The happy and unhappy are alike in death 27. The judgment of the wicked is in another world Verse 21. ? For what pleasure hath he in his house after him? What does he care, ordinarily, about the happiness of his children and descendants? "Apres moi le deluge" is the selfish thought of bad men generally, when they cast a glance at the times which are to follow their decease. The fate of those whom they leave behind them troubles them but little. It would scarcely cause them a pang to know that their posterity would soon be "clean put out." When the number of his months is cut off in the midst; i.e. when his appointed time is come, and he knows that "the number of his months' is accomplished. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction what מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what does he care חֶפְצ֣וֹ (ḥep̄·ṣōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2656: Pleasure, desire, a valuable thing, a matter about his household בְּבֵית֣וֹ (bə·ḇê·ṯōw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1004: A house after him, אַחֲרָ֑יו (’a·ḥă·rāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 310: The hind or following part when the number וּמִסְפַּ֖ר (ū·mis·par) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration of his months חֳדָשָׁ֣יו (ḥo·ḏā·šāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month has run out? חֻצָּֽצוּ׃ (ḥuṣ·ṣā·ṣū) Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2686: To chop into, pierce, sever, to curtail, to distribute, to shoot an arrow Links Job 21:21 NIVJob 21:21 NLT Job 21:21 ESV Job 21:21 NASB Job 21:21 KJV Job 21:21 BibleApps.com Job 21:21 Biblia Paralela Job 21:21 Chinese Bible Job 21:21 French Bible Job 21:21 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 21:21 For what does he care for his (Jb) |