Job 29:18

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 unquietn...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 in...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 tempera...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 m...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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, bu...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I shall die in my nest. — Very touching is this spontaneous expression of his almost unconscious hope when in prosperity. Some have suggested the t...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 in...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 fo...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 h...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 expir...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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, a...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JOB’S RETROSPECT Takes a calm retrospective view of his past experience and life. Thus disproves the suspicions and accusations of his friends,...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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....
The Biblical Illustrator

Then I said, I shall die in my nest. The disappointments of life If we examine the world, we shall everywhere discover variety, changeableness,...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job Speaks of his Benevolence and the Honor Accorded Him
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Multiply — See how apt even good men are, to set death at a distance from them!

¹⁸ Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

Related Commentaries of Job 29:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 29:18