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.
Job 29:18 - Revised Version 1885 Then I said, 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. |
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.
And Joseph laid up corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth
My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch:
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.
O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
As for thy terribleness, the pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD;
Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!