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Job: God Will Punish the Wicked

Job 21:11

In 11 translations

BSB
They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
KJV
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
WEB
They send out their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.
ASV
They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.
LSV
They send forth their sucklings as a flock, || And their children skip,
YLT
They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,
DBY
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
DRC
Their little ones go out like a flock, and their children dance and play.
GNV
They send forth their children like sheepe, and their sonnes dance.
JPS
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
LXXE
And they remain as an unfailing flock, and their children play before them, taking up the psaltery and harp;

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Original-language editions

WLC
יְשַׁלְּח֣וּ כַ֭צֹּאן עֲוִילֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝יַלְדֵיהֶ֗ם יְרַקֵּדֽוּן׃
LXX-Br
Μένουσι δὲ ὡς πρόβατα αἰώνια, τὰ δὲ παιδία αὐτῶν προσπαίζουσιν,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 127:3–5Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will…
  • Psalms 107:41But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.

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