Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And saying, I shall expire with my nest I shall multiply days as the sand.
New American Standard Bible
And I shall multiply my days as the sand.
King James Version
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
Holman Bible
and multiply my days as the sand.
International Standard Version
"I used to say: "I will die in my home. I'm going to live as many days as there are grains of sand on the shore.
A Conservative Version
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
American Standard Version
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:
Amplified
“Then I said, ‘I shall die in my nest,
And I shall multiply my days as the sand.
Bible in Basic English
Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number;
Darby Translation
And I said, I shall die in my nest, and multiply my days as the sand;
King James 2000
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"And I thought, 'I will pass away in my nest, and like the phoenix I shall multiply [my] days.
Modern King James verseion
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days like the sand.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Therefore, I thought verily that I should have died in my nest: and that my days should have been as many as the sands of the sea.
NET Bible
"Then I thought, 'I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.
New Heart English Bible
Then I said, 'I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand.
The Emphasized Bible
Then said I, Like a stem, shall I grow old, yea, as the sand, shall I multiply days:
Webster
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
World English Bible
Then I said, 'I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I say, 'With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 29:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense
17 And I shall break the biter's teeth of the evil one, and I shall cast the prey from his teeth. 18 And saying, I shall expire with my nest I shall multiply days as the sand. 19 My root opened to the waters, and the dew will lodge upon my foliage.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Genesis 32:12
And thou saidst, Doing well I will do well with thee, and I set thy seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be counted for multitude.
Genesis 41:49
And Joseph will gather grain as the sand of the sea, exceedingly much that he ceased to number; for there was no numbering.
Job 5:26
Thou shalt come in old age to thy grave, as the ascending of a heap of sheaves in its time.
Job 42:16-17
And Job will live after this a hundred and forty years, and he will see his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations.
Psalm 30:6-7
And I said in my security, I shall not be moved forever.
Psalm 91:16
With length of days will I satisfy him, and I will cause him to look upon my salvation.
Jeremiah 22:23
Thou dwelling in Lebanon, building a nest in the cedars, how being compassionated in pangs coming to thee the pain as of her bringing forth.
Jeremiah 49:16
Thy terror deceived thee, the pride of thy heart, thou dwelling in the asylums of the rock, holding the height of the hill: if thou shalt make thy nest high as the eagle, from thence will I bring thee down, says Jehovah.
Obadiah 1:4
If thou shalt exalt as the eagle, and set thy nest between the stars, from thence will I bring thee down, says Jehovah.
Habakkuk 2:9
Wo! to him plundering an evil plunder to his house, to set his nest on high, to deliver from the hand of evil.