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Verse Job 29:18. _I SHALL DIE IN MY NEST_] As I endeavoured to live
_soberly_ and _temperately, fearing God_, and _departing from evil_,
endeavouring _to promote the welfare of all around me_, it was...
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THEN I SAID - So prosperous was I, and so permanent seemed my sources
of happiness. I saw no reason why all this should not continue, and
why the same respect and honor should not attend me to the gra...
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CHAPTER 29
_ 1. His past prosperity and honors (Job 29:1)_
2. The good works he did (Job 29:11)
Job 29:1. The words spoken by Job were wholesome words, showing that
his mind was moving in another ch...
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JOB 29. JOB'S FORMER HAPPY DAYS.
Job 29:1. Job longs that he might once again live as of old under
God's favour. In Job 29:4 secret means intimacy (_cf._ Psalms 25:14)....
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DIE IN MY NEST. The Septuagint reads "grow old as. palm trunk".
AS THE SAND.. note in Codices (No.. in King's Lib., British Museum)
states that the Western School points this to mean "as. phoenix". T...
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_in my nest_ i. e. surrounded by those belonging to him; he should die
before them, not they before him, and in the midst of his possessions.
_my days as the sand Sand_is the usual rendering of the wo...
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Job's outlook on the future, amidst this benevolent and active life.
He anticipated length of days and continued prosperity....
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c. The honor that was his (Job 29:18-25)
TEXT 29:18-25
18 THEN I SAID, I SHALL DIE IN MY NEST,
And I shall multiply my days as the sand:
19 My root is spread oat to the waters,
And the dew lieth...
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_THEN I SAID, I SHALL DIE IN MY NEST, AND I SHALL MULTIPLY MY DAYS AS
THE SAND._
I said - in my heart (Psalms 30:6).
IN - rather, 'with my nest:' as the second clause refers to long
life. Instead of...
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JOB'S PAST GREATNESS AND HAPPINESS
Job mournfully recalls the days of God's favour, and the prosperity
and honour he once enjoyed. In this chapter we have the picture of a
great and worthy chieftain...
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AS THE SAND] RM 'as the phœnix.' This was a fabulous bird alluded to
in Egyptian, Hebrew, and Arabian tradition. It was supposed to be
immortal, burning itself in its nest every thousand years and ren...
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I SHALL DIE IN MY NEST. — Very touching is this spontaneous
expression of his almost unconscious hope when in prosperity. Some
have suggested the transposition of these three verses to the end of
the...
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וָ֭ אֹמַר עִם ־קִנִּ֣י אֶגְוָ֑ע וְ֝ כַ
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XXIV.
AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING
Job 29:1; Job 30:1; Job 31:1
Job SPEAKS
FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a
pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the y...
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THE BITTER MEMORY OF THE HAPPY PAST
Job 29:1
How many thousands, looking back on the beautiful dawn of life which
has become overcast, have uttered the thought of the opening words of
this chapter! T...
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Job now moved a step forward in his reply. He was still without a
solution. That of his friends he utterly repudiated. In order to
prepare the way for the utterance of a solemn oath of innocence, he
f...
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Then I said, I shall die in my (m) nest, and I shall multiply [my]
days as the sand.
(m) That is, at home in my bed without all trouble and unquietness....
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Nest, in security, and among my children. (Calmet) --- Palm-tree.
Septuagint, "But I said, my youth shall grow old like the shoot of the
palm-tree: I shall live a long time." This is clearly the meani...
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(18) В¶ Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my
days as the sand. (19) My root was spread out by the waters, and the
dew lay all night upon my branch. (20) My glory was fresh in m...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31.
As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks.
They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure
and...
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THEN I SAID, I SHALL DIE IN MY NEST,.... Job, amidst all his
prosperity, knew he should die, death and the grave being appointed
for all men; and he often thought of it, and of the manner of it; but
h...
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Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply [my] days as
the sand.
Ver. 18. _Then I said, I shall die in my nest_] Heb. I shall expire
and breathe out my last, by a natural death, in my...
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_Then I said_ That is, I persuaded my self, being thus strongly
fortified with the consciousness of my own universal integrity, and
with the singular favour of God and of all men; _I shalt die in my
n...
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JOB SPEAKS OF HIS BENEVOLENCE AND THE HONOR ACCORDED HIM...
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Then I said, I shall die in my nest, safe in the bosom of his family,
AND I SHALL MULTIPLY MY DAYS AS THE SAND, dying in a ripe old age,
after the grains of sand in the hour-glass of his life had full...
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JOB'S PAST GREATNESS
In this chapter Job dwells upon the honour and dignity that had been
his in the past. While he was sincere in what he said, and no doubt
spoke truthfully, yet there is far too muc...
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"THEN. THOUGHT": "Due to his efforts in personal righteousness, Job
had anticipated living. long, happy life with blessings abounding"
_(Jackson p. 63)._ Job had felt very secure in his blessings. The...
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18-25 Being thus honoured and useful, Job had hoped to die in peace
and honour, in a good old age. If such an expectation arise from
lively faith in the providence and promise of God, it is well; but...
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THEN I SAID, i.e. I persuaded myself, being thus strongly fortified
with the conscience of my own universal integrity, and with the
singular favour of God, and of all men. But although this was
someti...
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Job 29:18 said H559 (H8799) die H1478 (H8799) nest H7064 multiply
H7235 (H8686) days H3117 sand...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He rehearses the story of his life.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends.
CONCLUSION: A gracious soul delights in God's smiles, not the smiles
of the world, although virtu...
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Job 29:3. When _his candle shined upon my head;_ that is, when the
light of his countenance shone upon me, in every form of patriarchal
prosperity. This figure seems to be borrowed from the lights in...
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_Then I said, I shall die in my nest._
THE DISAPPOINTMENTS OF LIFE
If we examine the world, we shall everywhere discover variety,
changeableness, and succession. Our bodies, our relations, our
condit...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:1 Chapters Job 29:1 conclude the dialogues with
Job’s reflections on his current and future state....
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:7 Job looks back on what he had thought the
course of his life would be. He had seen it as a well-rooted tree that
would continue to bear fruit, benefiting himself and others (vv. J...
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_JOB’S RETROSPECT_
Takes a calm retrospective view of his past experience and life. Thus
disproves the suspicions and accusations of his friends, and shows
that his complaints were sufficiently well-g...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 29:1
From these deep musings upon the nature of true wisdom, and the
contrast between the ingenuity and cleverness of man and the infinite
knowledge of God, Job turns to another contra...
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Moreover Job continued (Job 29:1)
He's got a lot to say. Bildad has run out, so Job thought, "I'll just
keep going on." And now it's sort of a lament of the days before all
of his afflictions. Lookin...
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Genesis 32:12; Genesis 41:49; Habakkuk 2:9; Jeremiah 22:23; Jer
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Multiply — See how apt even good men are, to set death at a distance
from them!...