Job 29

Job · Chapter 29

Job 29:18

1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,2Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;5When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;7When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.11When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.16I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.19My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.20My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.22After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.25I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and I saidוָ֭אֹמַרVA-'o-marH0559
to say

אָמַר (a.mar) 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch Aramaic equivalent: a.mar (אֲמַר "to say" H0560)

withעִם־'im-H5973A
with

עִם (im) 1) with 1a) with 1b) against 1c) toward 1d) as long as

nest myקִנִּ֣יki-NIH7064
nest

קֵן (qen) 1) nest 1a) nest (of bird) 1b) cells (like nests in Noah's ark)

I will expireאֶגְוָ֑ע'eg-VA'H1478
to die

גָּוַע (ga.va) 1) to expire, die, perish, give up the ghost, yield up the ghost, be dead, be ready to die 1a) (Qal) to expire, die, be about to die

and like the sandוְ֝כַח֗וֹלve-kha-CHOLH2344
sand

חוֹל (chol) sand

I will increaseאַרְבֶּ֥ה'ar-BEHH7235A
to multiply

רָבָה (ra.vah) 1) be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to become many, become numerous, multiply (of people, animals, things) 1a2) to be or grow great 1b) (Piel) to make large, enlarge, increase, become many 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make much, make many, have many 1c1a) to multiply, increase 1c1b) to make much to do, do much in respect of, transgress greatly 1c1c) to increase greatly or exceedingly 1c2) to make great, enlarge, do much Aramaic equivalent: re.vah (רְבָה "to grow great" H7236)

daysיָמִֽים׃ya-MIMH3117G
day

יוֹם (yom) : day/when/time/period 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.