But thou didst say, ‘I will do you good, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’ ”
Job 29:18 - Revised Standard Version Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then I said, I shall die in or beside my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. American Standard Version (1901) Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand: Common English Bible I thought, I’ll die in my nest, multiply days like sand, Catholic Public Domain Version And I said, "I will die in my little nest, and like a palm tree, I will multiply my days. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I said: I shall die in my nest, and as a palm-tree shall multiply my days. |
But thou didst say, ‘I will do you good, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’ ”
And Joseph stored up grain in great abundance, like the sand of the sea, until he ceased to measure it, for it could not be measured.
I broke the fangs of the unrighteous, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
my roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches,
You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, as a shock of grain comes up to the threshing floor in its season.
O inhabitant of Lebanon, nested among the cedars, how you will groan when pangs come upon you, pain as of a woman in travail!”
The horror you inspire has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, you who live in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle's, I will bring you down from there, says the Lord.
Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.
Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of harm!