Job 29:18
“Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiplie my dayes as the sand.”
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Job 29:18 Context
16I was a father to the poore: and the cause which I knewe not, I searched out. 17And I brake the iawes of the wicked, and pluckt the spoile out of his teeth. 18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiplie my dayes as the sand. 19My roote was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night vpon my branch. 20My glory was fresh in mee, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
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Other Translations for Job 29:18
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply [my] days as the sand.
- King James Version
"Then I thought, 'I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply {my} days as the sand.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number;
- Basic English Bible
And I said, I shall die in my nest, and multiply my days as the sand;
- Darby Bible
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
- Webster's Bible
Then I said, 'I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand.
- World English Bible
And I say, `With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 29:18
29:18 Multiply - See how apt even good men are, to set death at a distance from them!