Job 29:20
My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
In Context
19My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
21Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
Cross References
Genesis 45:13Tell my father about all my splendor in Egypt and everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.”
Job 19:9He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
Psalms 3:3But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
Psalms 103:5who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
2 Corinthians 4:16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet the inner self is being 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 →