Job 27:14

NETBible	If his children increase – it is for the sword!¹ His offspring never have enough to eat.²
NIV © biblegateway Job 27:14	However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat.
NASB © biblegateway Job 27:14	"Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread.
NLT © biblegateway Job 27:14	If they have a multitude of children, their children will die in war or starve to death.
MSG © biblegateway Job 27:14	Their children--all of them--will die violent deaths; they'll never have enough bread to put on the table.
BBE © SABDAweb Job 27:14	If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread.
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 27:14	If their children are multiplied, it is for the sword; and their offspring have not enough to eat.
NKJV © biblegateway Job 27:14	If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
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KJV	If his children <01121> be multiplied <07235> (8799)_, [it is] for <03926> the sword <02719>_: and his offspring <06631> shall not be satisfied <07646> (8799) with bread <03899>_.
NASB © biblegateway Job 27:14	"Though <0518> his sons <01121> are many <07235> , they are destined for the sword <02719> ; And his descendants <06631> will not be satisfied <07646> with bread <03899> .
LXXM	ean <1437> CONJ de <1161> PRT polloi <4183> A-NPM genwntai <1096> V-AMS-3P oi <3588> T-NPM uioi <5207> N-NPM autou <846> D-GSM eiv <1519> PREP sfaghn <4967> N-ASF esontai <1510> V-FMI-3P ean <1437> CONJ de <1161> PRT kai <2532> CONJ andrwywsin {V-APS-3P} prosaithsousin <4319> V-FAI-3P
NET [draft] ITL	If <0518> his children <01121> increase <07235> – it is for <03926> the sword <02719> ! His offspring <06631> never <03808> have enough <07646> to eat <03899> .
HEBREW	Mxl <03899> webvy <07646> al <03808> wyauauw <06631> brx <02719> wml <03926> wynb <01121> wbry <07235> Ma (27:14) <0518>

NETBible

If his children increase – it is for the sword!¹ His offspring never have enough to eat.²

NET Notes

¹tn R. Gordis (Job, 294) identifies this as a breviloquence. Compare Ps 92:8 where the last two words also constitute the apodosis.

²tn Heb “will not be satisfied with bread/food.”