Job 29:18
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
KJV
Dicebamque : In nidulo meo moriar, et sicut palma multiplicabo dies.
Vulgate
εἶπα δέ Ἡ ἡλικία μου γηράσει· ὥσπερ στέλεχος φοίνικος, πολὺν χρόνον βιώσω·
LXX
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:
ASV
וָ֭/אֹמַר עִם קִנִּ֣/י אֶגְוָ֑ע וְ֝/כַ/ח֗וֹל אַרְבֶּ֥ה יָמִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
הַרְבֵּ֥ה
hrbh
verb · 233×
וֹ
v
noun · 13×
ח֣וֹל
chvl
noun · 23×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּגְוַ֨ע
ygv'
verb · 22×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 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.
- Isa 38:17 — Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
- Jer 49:16 — Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, 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 t
- Job 5:26 — Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
- Job 42:16 — After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.
- Obad 1:4 — Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
- Ps 30:6 — And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
- Ps 91:16 — With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.