The Meaning of Job 27:14 Explained

Job 27:14

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

YLT: If his sons multiply -- for them is a sword. And his offspring are not satisfied with bread.

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

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

Discover Job 27:14

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 27:14?

MEANING: What does Job 27:14 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 27:14 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 27:14?

What is the context of Job 27:14?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 27:14 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 27:1-23 - The Justice Of God

Zophar ought now to have taken up the discourse, but, as he is silent, Job proceeds. First he renews his protestations of integrity, Job 27:1-10. He denies the charge of being ungodly, and says that till he dies he will not put away his integrity. He refuses to justify the accusations of his friends, and demands that they who had spoken against him should suffer the punishments which they had suggested as his due, Job 27:7. The falsity of their charges was surely evidenced by the fact that he could still delight in the Almighty and call upon His name, Job 27:10.

Then he speaks of the portion of the wicked, Job 27:11-23. Zophar and the rest could hardly have spoken more strongly. Though Job denied the application to himself, he was willing to admit the general truth of these propositions. Through what marvelous alternations the mind of man passes-now on the crest of the wave and again in the trough; arguing, debating, questioning; now antagonizing a position, and then almost accepting it! But be of good cheer! "At eventide it shall be light!" "I have been within the gates," said one brave explorer, "and there is no dark valley." [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 27

¹ Job protests his sincerity
⁸ The hypocrite is without hope
¹¹ The blessings which the wicked have are turned into curses

What do the individual words in Job 27:14 mean?

If are multiplied his children [it is] for the sword and his offspring not shall be satisfied with bread

אִם־ יִרְבּ֣וּ בָנָ֣יו לְמוֹ־ חָ֑רֶב וְ֝צֶאֱצָאָ֗יו לֹ֣א יִשְׂבְּעוּ־ לָֽחֶם

יִרְבּ֣וּ	are multiplied
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: הַרְבָּה Sense: be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous.
בָנָ֣יו	his children
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
לְמוֹ־	[it is] for
Parse: Preposition Root: לְמֹו Sense: at, to, for, in, of, by, in reference to.
חָ֑רֶב	the sword
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: חֶרֶב Sense: sword, knife.
וְ֝צֶאֱצָאָ֗יו	and his offspring
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: צֶאֱצָאִים Sense: offspring, produce, issue.
יִשְׂבְּעוּ־	shall be satisfied
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: שָׂבַע Sense: to be satisfied, be sated, be fulfilled, be surfeited.
לָֽחֶם	with bread
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: לֶחֶם Sense: bread, food, grain.

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