Job 29:20
My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
King James Version
In Context
19My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
Cross References
Genesis 45:13And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
Job 19:9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
Psalms 3:3But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
Psalms 103:5Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
2 Corinthians 4:16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man 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 →