Job 29:18 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Job 29:18 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 30:6-7
And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. …
Genesis 32:12
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.
Obadiah 1:4
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
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Psalms 91:16
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

Topics

Confidence

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 18-25)

That which crowned Job’s prosperity was the pleasing prospect he had of the continuance of it. Though he knew, in general, that he was liable to trouble, and therefore was not secure (Job 3:26; I was not in safety, neither had I rest), yet he had no particular occasion for fear, but as much reason as ever any man had to count upon the lengthening out of his tranquility. I. See here what his though…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 18)

18. I said--in my heart (Psa 30:6). in--rather, “with my nest”; as the second clause refers to long life. Instead of my family dying before me, as now, I shall live so long as to die with them: proverbial for long life. Job did realize his hope (Job 42:16). However, in the bosom of my family, gives a good sense (Nu 24:21; Ob 4). Use “nest” for a secure dwelling. sand--(Ge 22:17; Ha 1:9). But the S…