“ Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. ”
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 th...
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.
Job 29. Job's Former Happy Days. Job 29:1-6 . 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 29:7-10 ....
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. phoeni...
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. I shall die in my nest - As I endeavored to live soberly and temperately, fearing God, and departing from evil, endeav...
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....
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 chiefta...
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 t...
XXIV. AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING Job 29:1-25 ; Job 30:1-31 ; Job 31:1-40 Job SPEAKS FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a pitiable second state of existence, Job...
the Bitter Memory of the Happy Past Job 29:1-25 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 c...
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...
(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...
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; bu...
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...
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...
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...
18 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...
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 som...
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 we...
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...
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 co...
EXPOSITION Job 29:1-18 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 a...
Job Speaks of his Benevolence and the Honor Accorded Him
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 ; Psalms 30:7 ; Psalms 91:16
Multiply — See how apt even good men are, to set death at a distance from them!