Job 29:20

What does Job 29:20 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 29:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

My glory will be ever new, and my bow will be readily bent in my hand.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

My honour <FI>is<Fi> fresh with me, And my bow in my hand is renewed.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

My glory shall always be renewed, and my bow in my hand shall be repaired.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow be renewed in my hand.

Context

v.19My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch:

v.20This passage

v.21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:16

    Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

  • Psalms 18:34

    He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

  • Isaiah 40:31

    but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

  • Job 29:14

    I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

  • Genesis 45:13

    And 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 19:9

    He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.

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