His sons come to honor, and he knows it not; and they are brought low, but he perceives it not of them.
All Commentaries on Job 14:21 Go To Job 14
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Or dishonour. He cannot naturally be informed. (Menochius)
God may, however, reveal to souls departed, what may increase their accidental happiness or misery. (Haydock)
Hence the Church prays to the saints. Job is speaking chiefly of the body in the grave, and of what appear exteriorly. During life man cannot foresee the state of his children; nor in the other world, would their condition render him happy or otherwise. (Calmet) (Mercer)
Septuagint, "If his sons be many.or.few, he knows not. "(Haydock)
He is not affected in the same manner as he would be, if living. (Worthington)
