Job 29:18
Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
17And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
19My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew shall lie all night upon my branch;
Cross References
Genesis 41:49And Joseph laid up corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number.
Job 42:16And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
Psalms 91:16With long life will I satisfy him, and make Him to behold My salvation.'
Jeremiah 49:16Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, even the pride of thy heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill; though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him that gaineth evil gains for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
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 →