Job 29:20
My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
In Context
19My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch;
21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.
Cross References
Genesis 45:13And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen: and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
Job 19:9He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
Psalms 3:3But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory and the lifter up of my head.
Psalms 103:5Who satisfieth thy desire with good things, [So that] thy youth is renewed like the eagle.
2 Corinthians 4:16Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
Matthew Henry on Job 29:19-25
18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. 19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. 20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. 21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. 22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. 23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. 24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not;… Read the whole commentary →