Job 29:20
My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
In Context
19My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.
21“Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
Cross References
Genesis 45:13You shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. You shall hurry and bring my father down here.”
Job 19:9He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
Psalms 3:3But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
Psalms 103:5who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
2 Corinthians 4:16Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person 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 →