Job 21:8
New Living Translation
8 They live to see their children grow up and settle down,
and they enjoy their grandchildren.
Proverbs 17:6
New Living Translation
6 Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged;
parents[a] are the pride of their children.
Footnotes
- 17:6 Hebrew fathers.
Psalm 17:14
New Living Translation
14 By the power of your hand, O Lord,
destroy those who look to this world for their reward.
But satisfy the hunger of your treasured ones.
May their children have plenty,
leaving an inheritance for their descendants.
Job 20:28
New Living Translation
28 A flood will sweep away their house.
God’s anger will descend on them in torrents.
Job 20:10
New Living Translation
10 Their children will beg from the poor,
for they must give back their stolen riches.
Job 18:19
New Living Translation
19 They will have neither children nor grandchildren,
nor any survivor in the place where they lived.
Job 5:3-4
New Living Translation
3 I have seen that fools may be successful for the moment,
but then comes sudden disaster.
4 Their children are abandoned far from help;
they are crushed in court with no one to defend them.
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