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Job 29:18 KJV
Job · chapter 29 · verse 18
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.Job 29:18 · King James Version
Job 29:18 in context
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- multiplyrâbâhto increaseH7235 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- nestqêna nest , sometimes including the nestlingsH7064 →
- daysyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
- diegâvaʻto breathe outH1478 →
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That which crowned Job's prosperity was the pleasing prospect he had of the continuance of it. Though he knew, in general, that he was liable to trouble, and therefore was not secure (Job 3:26, I was not in safety, neither had I rest), yet he had no particular occasion for fear, but as much reason as ever any man had…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-25