Job 29:18
Then I sayde, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiplie my dayes as the sand.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
17I brake also the chawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the praye out of his teeth.
19For my roote is spread out by the water, and the dewe shall lye vpon my branche.
Cross References
Genesis 41:49So Ioseph gathered wheate, like vnto the sand of the sea in multitude out of measure, vntill he left numbring: for it was without number.
Job 42:16And after this liued Iob an hundreth and fourtie yeres, and sawe his sonnes, and his sonnes sonnes, euen foure generations.
Psalms 91:16With long life wil I satisfie him, and shew him my saluation.
Jeremiah 49:16Thy feare, and ye pride of thine heart hath deceiued thee, thou that dwellest in the cleftes of the rocke, and keepest the height of ye hil: though thou shouldest make thy nest as hie as the eagle, I wil bring thee downe from thece, sayth the Lord.
Habakkuk 2:9Ho, he that coueteth an euil couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape from the power of euil.
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 →