Job 21:21
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For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half?

For what

Job 14:21 Whether his children come to honour or dishonour, he shall not understand.

Ecclesiastes 2:18,19 Again I hated all my application wherewith I had earnestly laboured under the sun, being like to have an heir after me, . . .

Luke 16:27,28 And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren, . . .

the number

Job 14:5 The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with thee: thou hast appointed his bounds which cannot be passed.

Psalm 55:23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee, O Lord.

Psalm 102:24 Call me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are unto generation and generation.

Context
Job: God will Punish the Wicked
20His eyes shall see his own destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half?22Shall any one teach God knowledge, who judgeth those that are high?…
Cross References
Job 14:5
The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with thee: thou hast appointed his bounds which cannot be passed.

Job 21:20
His eyes shall see his own destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

Job 21:22
Shall any one teach God knowledge, who judgeth those that are high?

Lexicon
For
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

what
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

does he care
חֶפְצ֣וֹ (ḥep̄·ṣōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2656: Pleasure, desire, a valuable thing, a matter

about his household
בְּבֵית֣וֹ (bə·ḇê·ṯōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

after him,
אַחֲרָ֑יו (’a·ḥă·rāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 310: The hind or following part

when the number
וּמִסְפַּ֖ר (ū·mis·par)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration

of his months
חֳדָשָׁ֣יו (ḥo·ḏā·šāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2320: The new moon, a month

has run out?
חֻצָּֽצוּ׃ (ḥuṣ·ṣā·ṣū)
Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2686: To chop into, pierce, sever, to curtail, to distribute, to shoot an arrow


Additional Translations
For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?For what pleasure has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the middle?

For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?

For his desire is in his house with him, and the number of his months has been suddenly cut off.

For what pleasure should he have in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

For what is his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?
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