Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Job 27:14 in English Standard Version "If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword, and his descendants have not enough bread." De 28:41 You shall father sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours, for they shall go into captivity. Jer 15:2 And when they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Those who are for pestilence, to pestilence, and those who are for the sword, to the sword; those who are for famine, to famine, and those who are for captivity, to captivity.’ Ho 9:13 Ephraim, as I have seen, was like a young palm planted in a meadow; but Ephraim must lead his children out to slaughter. Ho 9:16 Ephraim is stricken; their root is dried up; they shall bear no fruit. Even though they give birth, I will put their beloved children to death.