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.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 14 connects to 8 cross-references. Job meditates on the brevity and inevitability of human mortality, comparing human life to a flower cut down. He muses wistfully that if a tree is cut down it sprouts again, but a man lies down and does not rise. …
Andere Übersetzungen
His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
Honoured are his sons, and he knoweth not; And they are little, and he attendeth not to them.
His sons come to honour, and he has no knowledge of it; they are made low, but he is not conscious of it.
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