Job 29:18
I thought I would die at home, after many years.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
In Context
17I broke the jaw of the wicked and made them drop their prey from their teeth.
19Like a tree my roots spread out to the water; the dew rests on my branches overnight.
Cross References
Genesis 41:49Joseph piled up so much grain that it was like the sand of the seashore. Eventually he stopped keeping records because there was just so much!
Job 42:16Job lived 140 years after this, seeing his children, and grandchildren, in fact four generations.
Psalms 91:16I will grant them long lives, and show them my salvation.
Jeremiah 49:16The fear you once created in others, and your pride in yourselves, has fooled you into overconfidence, you people living on the rocky mountain tops. Though you make your homes high out of reach like an eagle's nest, I will tear you down, even from there, declares the Lord.
Habakkuk 2:9What disaster is coming to you who build houses through dishonest gain! You think you can place your “nest” so high it will be safe from disaster.
Matthew Henry on Job 29:8-18
7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! 8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. 9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. 10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 13 The… Read the whole commentary →