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Job 29:18

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

Then I said {H559}, I shall die {H1478} in my nest {H7064}, and I shall multiply {H7235} my days {H3117} as the sand {H2344}.

"I said, 'I will die with my nest, and I will live as long as a phoenix;

So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 30:6 (4 votes)

    ¶ And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

  • Psalms 30:7 (4 votes)

    LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, [and] I was troubled.

  • Obadiah 1:4 (3 votes)

    Though thou exalt [thyself] as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

  • Job 5:26 (3 votes)

    Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

  • Job 42:16 (3 votes)

    After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, [even] four generations.

  • Job 42:17 (3 votes)

    So Job died, [being] old and full of days.

  • Genesis 32:12 (3 votes)

    And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.