Job 27:14
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 27:14 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 27:14 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 27:14 — KJV
“If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.”
— Job 27:14 (KJV)
Job 27:14 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 27:14
“And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.”
Shares key themes with Job 27:14: children, multiplied
“But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. But...: Heb. And as they afflicted them, so they multiplied, etc”
Shares key themes with Job 27:14: children, multiplied
“The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. destroy: or, repossess”
Shares key themes with Job 27:14: sword, satisfied
“And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
Shares key themes with Job 27:14: children, bread
“I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.”
Shares key themes with Job 27:14: children, bread
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