Parallel Verses
NET Bible
"Then I thought, 'I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of 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;
Julia Smith Translation
And saying, I shall expire with my nest I shall multiply 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.
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 I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth. 18 "Then I thought, 'I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand. 19 My roots reach the water, and the dew lies on my branches all night long.
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Cross References
Genesis 32:12
But you said, 'I will certainly make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand on the seashore, too numerous to count.'"
Genesis 41:49
Joseph stored up a vast amount of grain, like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it because it was impossible to measure.
Job 5:26
You will come to your grave in a full age, As stacks of grain are harvested in their season.
Job 42:16-17
After this Job lived 140 years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
Psalm 30:6-7
In my self-confidence I said, "I will never be upended."
Psalm 91:16
I will satisfy him with long life, and will let him see my salvation.
Jeremiah 22:23
You may feel as secure as a bird nesting in the cedars of Lebanon. But oh how you will groan when the pains of judgment come on you. They will be like those of a woman giving birth to a baby.
Jeremiah 49:16
The terror you inspire in others and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you. You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks; you may occupy the highest places in the hills. But even if you made your home where the eagles nest, I would bring you down from there," says the Lord.
Obadiah 1:4
Even if you were to soar high like an eagle, even if you were to make your nest among the stars, I can bring you down even from there!" says the Lord.
Habakkuk 2:9
The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.