Job 29:18
What does Job 29:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 29:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I say, `With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And I said: I shall die in my nest, and as a palm tree shall multiply my days.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I said, I shall die in my nest, and multiply my days as the sand;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 42:16
And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.
- Obadiah 1:4
Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.
- Job 5:26
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.
- Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
- Jeremiah 49:16
As for thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.
- Genesis 32:12
And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
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