Job 21:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They allow their children to run like a flock; their little ones dance about.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 107:41 : 41 Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.
  • Ps 127:3-5 : 3 Yes, sons are a gift from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward. 4 Sons born during one’s youth are like arrows in a warrior’s hand. 5 How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! They will not be put to shame when they confront enemies at the city gate.

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  • Job 21:12-13
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    12They sing to the accompaniment of tambourine and harp, and make merry to the sound of the flute.

    13They live out their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.

  • Job 21:8-10
    3 verses
    79%

    8Their children are firmly established in their presence, their offspring before their eyes.

    9Their houses are safe and without fear; and no rod of punishment from God is upon them.

    10Their bulls breed without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry.

  • Job 39:3-4
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    77%

    3They crouch, they bear their young, they bring forth the offspring they have carried.

    4Their young grow strong, and grow up in the open; they go off, and do not return to them.

  • Ps 149:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2Let Israel rejoice in their Creator! Let the people of Zion delight in their King!

    3Let them praise his name with dancing! Let them sing praises to him to the accompaniment of the tambourine and harp!

  • Ps 65:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12The pastures in the wilderness glisten with moisture, and the hills are clothed with joy.

    13The meadows are clothed with sheep, and the valleys are covered with grain. They shout joyfully, yes, they sing.

  • Ps 148:12
    70%

    12you young men and young women, you elderly, along with you children!

  • Jer 31:12-13
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    70%

    12They will come and shout for joy on Mount Zion. They will be radiant with joy over the good things the LORD provides, the grain, the fresh wine, the olive oil, the young sheep and calves he has given to them. They will be like a well-watered garden and will not grow faint or weary any more.

    13The LORD says,“At that time young women will dance and be glad. Young men and old men will rejoice. I will turn their grief into gladness. I will give them comfort and joy in place of their sorrow.

  • Job 24:5
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    5Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they go out to their labor seeking diligently for food; the arid rift valley provides food for them and for their children.

  • Matt 11:16
    69%

    16“To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,

  • Ps 114:4
    69%

    4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

  • Ps 144:13
    68%

    13Our storehouses will be full, providing all kinds of food. Our sheep will multiply by the thousands and fill our pastures.

  • Jer 30:19-20
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    68%

    19Out of those places you will hear songs of thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter and merriment. I will increase their number and they will not dwindle away. I will bring them honor and they will no longer be despised.

    20The descendants of Jacob will enjoy their former privileges. Their community will be reestablished in my favor and I will punish all who try to oppress them.

  • Judg 18:21
    68%

    21They turned and went on their way, but they walked behind the children, the cattle, and their possessions.

  • Hab 1:15
    68%

    15The Babylonian tyrant pulls them all up with a fishhook; he hauls them in with his throw net. When he catches them in his dragnet, he is very happy.

  • Ps 104:12
    68%

    12The birds of the sky live beside them; they chirp among the bushes.

  • Isa 3:4
    68%

    4The LORD says,“I will make youths their officials; malicious young men will rule over them.

  • Isa 11:6-8
    3 verses
    67%

    6A wolf will reside with a lamb, and a leopard will lie down with a young goat; an ox and a young lion will graze together, as a small child leads them along.

    7A cow and a bear will graze together, their young will lie down together. A lion, like an ox, will eat straw.

    8A baby will play over the hole of a snake; over the nest of a serpent an infant will put his hand.

  • Ps 68:25
    67%

    25Singers walk in front; musicians follow playing their stringed instruments, in the midst of young women playing tambourines.

  • Ps 127:3
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    3Yes, sons are a gift from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward.

  • Ps 114:6
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    6Why do you skip like rams, O mountains, like lambs, O hills?

  • Jer 51:38
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    38The Babylonians are all like lions roaring for prey. They are like lion cubs growling for something to eat.

  • Hos 11:2
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    2But the more I summoned them, the farther they departed from me. They sacrificed to the Baal idols and burned incense to images.

  • Ps 150:4
    67%

    4Praise him with the tambourine and with dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and the flute!

  • Isa 5:12
    67%

    12They have stringed instruments, tambourines, flutes, and wine at their parties. So they do not recognize what the LORD is doing, they do not perceive what he is bringing about.

  • Hos 11:10
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    10God Will Restore the Exiles to Israel He will roar like a lion, and they will follow the LORD; when he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.

  • Hos 9:11
    67%

    11The Fertility Worshipers Will Become Infertile Ephraim will be like a bird; what they value will fly away. They will not bear children– they will not enjoy pregnancy– they will not even conceive!

  • Luke 7:32
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    32They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another,‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.’

  • Job 30:7-8
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    67%

    7They brayed like animals among the bushes and were huddled together under the nettles.

    8Sons of senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips.

  • Lam 5:15
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    15Our hearts no longer have any joy; our dancing is turned to mourning.

  • Zech 8:5
    66%

    5And the streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing.

  • Lam 5:13
    66%

    13The young men perform menial labor; boys stagger from their labor.

  • Jer 18:21
    66%

    21So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.

  • Job 40:20
    66%

    20For the hills bring it food, where all the wild animals play.

  • Amos 6:5
    66%

    5They sing to the tune of stringed instruments; like David they invent musical instruments.

  • Ps 137:9
    66%

    9How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock!

  • Ps 148:10
    66%

    10you animals and all you cattle, you creeping things and birds,

  • Ps 29:6
    66%

    6He makes Lebanon skip like a calf and Sirion like a young ox.

  • Isa 14:7
    66%

    7The whole earth rests and is quiet; they break into song.

  • Ps 8:7
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    7including all the sheep and cattle, as well as the wild animals,