Job 29:8
Youths have seen me, and they have been hidden, || And the aged have risen—they stood up.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
In Context
7When I go out to the gate by the city, || In a broad place I prepare my seat.
9Princes have kept in words, || And they place a hand on their mouth.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:31Grey hairs [are] a crown of beauty, || It is found in the way of righteousness.
Romans 13:3For those ruling are not a terror to the good works, but to the evil; and do you wish to not be afraid of the authority? Be doing that which is good, and you will have praise from it,
Titus 3:1Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, to be ready to every good work,
1 Peter 5:5In like manner, you young [ones], be subject to elders, and all subjecting yourselves to one another; clothe yourselves with humble-mindedness, because God resists the proud, but He gives grace to the humble;
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 →