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Job 27:14

Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.

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ASV

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

KJV

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

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9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
יִרְבּ֣וּyir.Buthey will increaseH7235 →
בָנָ֣יוva.Navchildren hisH1121 →
לְמוֹ־le.mov-forH3926 →
חָ֑רֶבCha.rev[the] swordH2719 →
וְ֝צֶאֱצָאָ֗יוve.tze.'e.tza.'Avand descendants hisH6631 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
יִשְׂבְּעוּ־yis.be.'u-they will be satisfiedH7646 →
לָֽחֶם׃La.chembreadH3899 →

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Deuteronomy 28:41You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.Psalms 37:28For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.Job 20:10His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.Luke 23:29Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’Job 15:22He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.Hosea 9:13–14I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.Job 21:11–12They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,2 Kings 10:6–10Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.Esther 5:11Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.Esther 9:5–10The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.2 Kings 9:7–8And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel.Psalms 109:13May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.1 Samuel 2:5The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.Hosea 9:12Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!Job 1:18While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,Job 5:4His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.

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Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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