Job 29:18
And I say, 'With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'
Young's Literal Translation
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 break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.
19My root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch.
Cross References
Genesis 41:49and Joseph gathereth corn as sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until that he hath ceased to number, for there is no number.
Job 42:16And Job liveth after this a hundred and forty years, and seeth his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations;
Psalms 91:16With length of days I satisfy him, And I cause him to look on My salvation!
Jeremiah 49:16Thy terribleness hath lifted thee up, The pride of thy heart, O dweller in clefts of the rock, Holding the high place of the height, For thou makest high as an eagle thy nest, From thence I bring thee down, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Habakkuk 2:9Woe [to] him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,
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 →