Job 29:18
Then said I, “I shall die in my nest; I shall multiply my days as the sand.
Noyes Bible
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 teeth of the wicked, And plucked the spoil from his jaws.
19My root is spread abroad to the waters, And the dew abideth on my branches.
Cross References
Job 42:16And Job lived after this 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 show him my salvation.”
Jeremiah 49:16Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, The pride of thy heart, Because thou dwellest in the recesses of the rock, And holdest the height of the hill. Though thou set thy nest on high, like the eagle, From thence will I bring thee down, saith Jehovah.
Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him that procureth unjust gain for his house, That he may set his nest on high, That he may be delivered from the evil hand!
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 →