Job 29:18
What meaning of the job 29:18 in the Bible?
What does Job 29:18 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand."
What does Job 29:18 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand."
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...
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...
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...
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). JOB 29:7. Job describes the...
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...
_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...
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...
_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 o...
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...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 29 JOB DESCRIBES HIS LIFE B...
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...
וָ֭ אֹמַר עִם ־קִנִּ֣י אֶגְוָ֑ע וְ֝ כַ † חֹ֗ול אַרְבֶּ֥ה יָמִֽים׃...
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...
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!...
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...
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....
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
JOB SPEAKS OF HIS BENEVOLENCE AND THE HONOR ACCORDED HIM...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
Job 29:18 said H559 (H8799) die H1478 (H8799) nest H7064 multiply H7235 (H8686) days H3117 sand H2344 I shall die - Psalms 30:6-7; Jeremiah 22:23, Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 1:4;...
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...
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...
_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 condi...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:1 Chapters Job 29:1 conclude the dialogues with Job’s reflections on his current and future state. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images...
_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-...
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...
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...
Genesis 32:12; Genesis 41:49; Habakkuk 2:9; Jeremiah 22:23; Jeremiah 49:16; Job 42:16; Job 42:17; Job 5:26; Obadiah 1:4; Psalms 30:6;...
Multiply — See how apt even good men are, to set death at a distance from them!...