Job 12:14 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened.

English ASV

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

English Amplified

Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be built again; He shuts a man in, and none can open.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be built again; He shuts a man in, and none can open.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Whatever he tears down cannot be rebuilt; whoever he imprisons cannot be released.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening.

English EASY 2024

If God destroys something, nobody can repair it. If God puts someone in prison, that person cannot escape.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Anything God tears down cannot be rebuilt. Anyone he puts in prison cannot be set free.

If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

When God tears down, who can rebuild, and who can free those God imprisons?

English God's Word - GW 1995

When he tears {something} down, it cannot be rebuilt. When he puts someone in prison, that person cannot be freed.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Whatever He tears down cannot be rebuilt; whoever He imprisons cannot be released.

English KJV 1611

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

English LSB

Behold, He pulls down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He closes a man in, and it cannot be opened.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Surely, He tears down, and it cannot be built again; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

If he breaks a thing down, there is no rebuilding; if he imprisons a man, there is no release.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

What he tears down can't be rebuilt. Any man he puts in prison can't be set free.

English NIV

What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man he imprisons cannot be released.

English NKJ 1982

If He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt; If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.

English NLT

What he destroys cannot be rebuilt. When he closes in on someone, there is no escape.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

If he tears down, no one can rebuild; if he shuts someone in, no one can open up.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“And how great is his might! What he destroys can't be rebuilt. When he closes in on a man, there is no escape.

English Tyndale 1537

If he break down a thing, who can set it up again? If he shut a thing, who will open it?

Job 12:14 — Compare Translations