Other translations
New Catholic Bible
When the father dies, it will be as though he were not dead, for he has left behind him a duplicate of himself,
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
When the father dies he will not seem to be dead, for he has left behind him one like himself,
Good News Translation®
While the father is alive, the sight of his son makes him happy, and when he dies, he has no regrets. He is not really dead, because his son is like him.
Wycliffe Bible
(And though) The father of him is dead, and (yet) he is as not dead; for he hath left after him a son like him. [Dead is the father of him, and he is as not dead; like forsooth to him he hath left after him.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The father may die, and yet he is not dead, for he has left behind him one like himself;
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
When the father dies, he will not seem to be dead, for he has left behind him one like himself,
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
When the father dies he will not seem to be dead, for he has left behind him one like himself,
Common English Bible © 2011
When their father passes away, it is as if he hadn’t died, because he left behind sons who are like him.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
At the father’s death, he will seem not dead, for he leaves after him one like himself,
Revised Standard Version
The father may die, and yet he is not dead, for he has left behind him one like himself;
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
When the father dies he will not seem to be dead, for he has left behind him one like himself,