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? Contemporary English Version Because after they are dead, they won't care what happens to their children." 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?" Majority Standard Bible For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out? NET Bible For what is his interest in his home after his death, when the number of his months has been broken 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? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor what [is] his delight in his house after him, "" And the number of his months cut off? Young's Literal Translation For what is his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off? Smith's Literal Translation For what his delight in his house after him, and the number of? his months were divided out? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half? Catholic Public Domain Version For what does he care what happens to his house after him, or if the number of its months are reduced by half? New American Bible For what interest has he in his family after him, when the number of his months is finished? New Revised Standard Version For what do they care for their household after them, when the number of their months is cut off? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor what pleasure has he in his house after him, when a portion of his years shall be reserved for his posterity? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated What is the pleasure in his house after him, and the number of his months kept for his children? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For what pleasure hath he in his house after him? Seeing the number of his months is determined. Brenton Septuagint Translation For his desire is in his house with him, and the number of his months has been suddenly 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 Ecclesiastes 3:19-21 For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile. / All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust. / Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth? Psalm 49:10-12 For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others. / Their graves are their eternal homes—their dwellings for endless generations—even though their lands were their namesakes. / But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish. Ecclesiastes 2:18-19 I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me. / And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile. Psalm 39:6 Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away. Ecclesiastes 5:15-16 As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands. / This too is a grievous affliction: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind? Luke 12:20-21 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’ / This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.” Ecclesiastes 6:12 For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun? Psalm 146:4 When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish. 1 Timothy 6:7 For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it. Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten. / Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun. Psalm 73:18-20 Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. / How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors! / Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form. Matthew 16:26 What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? James 4:14 You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Psalm 90:10 The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away. 1 Corinthians 15:32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” 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 For what does he care The phrase "For what does he care" suggests a rhetorical question that Job poses to challenge the prevailing belief of his friends that the wicked are always punished in this life. The Hebrew root for "care" is "חָפֵץ" (chafets), which implies a deep desire or delight. Job is questioning the assumption that a wicked person is concerned about the consequences of his actions on his family after his death. This challenges the simplistic view of retributive justice, emphasizing the complexity of human motivations and divine justice. about his household after him when the number of his months is cut off 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) |
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