Job 29:20
My glory [is] fresh with me, || And my bow is renewed in my hand.
Literal 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 open to the waters, || And dew lodges on my branch.
21They have listened to me, || Indeed, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.
Cross References
Genesis 45:13and you have declared to my father all my glory in Egypt, and all that you have seen, and you have hurried, and have brought down my father here.”
Job 19:9He has stripped my honor from off me, || And He turns the crown from my head.
Psalms 3:3And You, O YHWH, [are] a shield for me, || My glory, and lifter up of my head.
Psalms 103:5Who is satisfying your desire with good, || Your youth renews itself as an eagle.
2 Corinthians 4:16for this reason, we do not faint, but if our outward man also decays, yet the inward 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 →