Verse List for JOB 21:21

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Iyyov (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) After they’re gone, why would they care about their families? ⇔ ≈ Why would they count the months after they’ve already been cut off?

OET-LV If/because what pleasure _of_is_his in_household _of_his after_him and_the _number _of his _months _of_his they _have _been _cut _off.

ULT For what, is his interest in his house after him ⇔  when the number of his months is cut off?

UST After all, once wicked people die, ⇔  they are no longer concerned for their families who are still alive.

BSB & MSB For what does he care about his household after him, ⇔  when the number of his months has run out?

OEB No OEB JOB book available

WEBBE & WMBB For what does he care for his house after him, ⇔  when the number of his months is cut off?

NET For what is his interest in his home ⇔ after his death, ⇔ when the number of his months ⇔ has been broken off?

LSV For what [is] his delight in his house after him,
And the number of his months cut off?

FBV For they don't care what happens to their families once they're dead.

T4T After wicked people are dead, ⇔  they are not at all concerned [RHQ] about what happens to their families [MTY].

LEB • for what does he care for[fn] his house after him,
• when the number of his months is[fn] cut off?

BBE For what interest has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is ended?

Moff What interest has he in his family, ⇔  once his own span of life is snapped?

JPS For what pleasure hath he in his house after him? seeing the number of his months is determined.

ASV For what careth he for his house after him, ⇔ When the number of his months is cut off?

DRA For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half?

YLT For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?

Drby For what pleasure should he have in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

RV For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
(For what pleasure hath/has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?)

SLT For what his delight in his house after him, and the number of? his months were divided out?

Wbstr For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

KJB-1769 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
(For what pleasure hath/has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?)

KJB-1611 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his moneths is cut off in the middest?
(For what pleasure hath/has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the middest?)

Bshps For what careth he for his house after his death, when the number of his monethes is cut short?
(For what careth he for his house after his death, when the number of his months is cut short?)

Gnva For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the nomber of his moneths is cut off?
(For what pleasure hath/has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?)

Cvdl For whath careth he, what become of his housholde after his death? whose monethes passe awaye swifter then an arowe.
(For whath careth he, what become of his household after his death? whose months pass away swifter then an arrow.)

Wycl For whi what perteyneth it to hym of his hows aftir hym, thouy the noumbre of his monethis be half takun awey?
(For why what pertaineth/pertains it to him of his house after him, though the number of his months be half taken away?)

Luth Denn wer wird Gefallen haben an seinem Hause nach ihm? Und die Zahl seiner Monden wird kaum halb bleiben.
(Because who becomes fallen_(ones) have at/to his house(n) after him? And the number his moons/months becomes barely half remain/stay.)

ClVg Quid enim ad eum pertinet de domo sua post se, et si numerus mensium ejus dimidietur?[fn]
(What because to him belongs from/about at_home his_own after himself, and when/but_if number monthsum his/her dimidietur?)

UHB כִּ֤י מַה־חֶפְצ֣⁠וֹ בְּ⁠בֵית֣⁠וֹ אַחֲרָ֑י⁠ו וּ⁠מִסְפַּ֖ר חֳדָשָׁ֣י⁠ו חֻצָּֽצוּ׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὅτι τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ἐν οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ μετʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀριθμοὶ μηνῶν αὐτοῦ διῃρέθησαν.

BrTr For his desire is in his house with him, and the number of his months has been suddenly cut off.