Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest,
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

So I thought: I will die in my own nest
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.

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.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּוע 
Gava` 
die, give up the ghost, dead, perish, dead
Usage: 24

in my nest
קן 
Qen 
Usage: 13

and I shall multiply
רבה 
Rabah 
Usage: 224

my days
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Job's Final Defense

17 “I broke the jaws of the wicked
And snatched the prey from his teeth.
18 “Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest,
And I shall multiply my days as the sand.
19 ‘My root is spread out to the waters,
And dew lies all night on my branch.


Cross References

Genesis 32:12

For You said, ‘I will surely prosper you and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which is too great to be numbered.’”

Genesis 41:49

Thus Joseph stored up grain in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure.

Job 5:26

“You will come to the grave in full vigor,
Like the stacking of grain in its season.

Job 42:16-17

After this, Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons and his grandsons, four generations.

Psalm 30:6-7

Now as for me, I said in my prosperity,
“I will never be moved.”

Psalm 91:16

“With a long life I will satisfy him
And let him see My salvation.”

Jeremiah 22:23

“You who dwell in Lebanon,
Nested in the cedars,
How you will groan when pangs come upon you,
Pain like a woman in childbirth!

Jeremiah 49:16

“As for the terror of you,
The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
O you who live in the clefts of the rock,
Who occupy the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest as high as an eagle’s,
I will bring you down from there,” declares the Lord.

Obadiah 1:4

“Though you build high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.

Habakkuk 2:9

“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house
To put his nest on high,
To be delivered from the hand of calamity!

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