Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Job 29:18
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Berean Standard Bible
So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and 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.
World English Bible
Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house, I will count 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:
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Job 29
16 I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
17 I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
18 So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.
19 My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
20 My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
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