Job 29:18
And I said then, “In the midst of my nest shall I depart hence, and like the sand shall I have many days.
Leeser Tanakh
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 cutting-teeth of the wrong-doer, and out of his teeth I cast down his prey.
19My root will stand open for the water, and the dew will lodge on my boughs.
Cross References
Genesis 41:49And Joseph heaped up corn as the sand of the sea, very much; until he left off numbering, for it was without number.
Job 42:16And Job lived after this one hundred and forty years: and he saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
Psalms 91:16With length of days will I satisfy him, and I will let him see my salvation.
Jeremiah 49:16Thy hastiness hath deceived thee, the presumption of thy heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as the eagle, thence would I bring thee down, saith the Lord.
Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him that obtaineth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of the wicked!
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 →