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Job 21:11

They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

KJV

Egrediuntur quasi greges parvuli eorum, et infantes eorum exultant lusibus.

Vulgate

μένουσιν δὲ ὡς πρόβατα αἰώνια, τὰ δὲ παιδία αὐτῶν προσπαίζουσιν·

LXX

They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.

ASV

יְשַׁלְּח֣וּ כַ֭/צֹּאן עֲוִילֵי/הֶ֑ם וְ֝/יַלְדֵי/הֶ֗ם יְרַקֵּדֽוּ/ן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

יְלָדִים֙
yldym
noun · 89×
ן
n
verb · 9×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
עֲ֭וִילִים
'vylym
noun · 2×
צֹ֣אן
ts'n
noun · 269×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 5:6 — But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
  • Eccl 8:11 — Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
  • Gen 31:27 — Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
  • Isa 5:12 — And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
  • Jas 5:5 — Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
  • Job 36:11 — If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
  • Ps 107:41 — Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.