Job 29:20
My honour [is] fresh with me, And my bow in my hand is renewed.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
In Context
19My root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch.
21To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.
Cross References
Genesis 45:13and ye have declared to my father all my honour in Egypt, and all that ye have seen, and ye have hasted, and have brought down my father hither.'
Job 19:9Mine honour from off me He hath stripped, And He turneth the crown from my head.
Psalms 3:3And Thou, O Jehovah, [art] a shield for me, My honour, and lifter up of my head.
Psalms 103:5Who is satisfying with good thy desire, Renew itself as an eagle doth thy youth.
2 Corinthians 4:16wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward 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 →