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Job 29:8

The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

KJV

Videbant me juvenes, et abscondebantur : et senes assurgentes stabant.

Vulgate

ἰδόντες με νεανίσκοι ἐκρύβησαν, πρεσβῦται δὲ πάντες ἔστησαν·

LXX

The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;

ASV

רָא֣וּ/נִי נְעָרִ֣ים וְ/נֶחְבָּ֑אוּ וִֽ֝/ישִׁישִׁים קָ֣מוּ עָמָֽדוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הֵחָבֵֽא
hchb'
verb · 33×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
ישִׁישִׁ֥ים
yshyshym
adjective · 4×
נַּ֖עַר
n'r
noun · 239×
עֹמְדִ֖ים
'mdym
verb · 526×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 5:5 — Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
  • Lev 19:32 — Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
  • Prov 16:31 — The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
  • Rom 13:7 — Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
  • Titus 3:1 — Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,