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20 You overpower him forever, and he passes away;
you change his countenance,[a] then[b] you send him away.
21 His children may come to honor, but[c] he does not know it;
or[d] they may become lowly, but[e] he does not realize it.[f]
22 He feels only the pain of his own body,[g]
and his inner self[h] mourns for him.”[i]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 14:20 Literally “his faces”
  2. Job 14:20 Hebrew “and”
  3. Job 14:21 Hebrew “and”
  4. Job 14:21 Hebrew “and”
  5. Job 14:21 Hebrew “and”
  6. Job 14:21 Or “them”
  7. Job 14:22 Hebrew “his body on him”
  8. Job 14:22 Or “soul”
  9. Job 14:22 Or “for himself”