Deliver me, please, from my brother’s hand, from Esau’s hand, for I’m afraid of him that he’ll come and strike me—the mothers with the children.
Job 29:18 - Tree of Life Version “Then I thought, ‘I will die in my nest, and multiply my days like 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. |
Deliver me, please, from my brother’s hand, from Esau’s hand, for I’m afraid of him that he’ll come and strike me—the mothers with the children.
So Joseph stored up grain like the sand of the sea, vast amounts, until he stopped keeping record because it was beyond counting.
I broke the jaws of the unjust, and snatched the prey out of his teeth.
You will come to the grave in vigor, like sheaves of grain in its season.
O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs come on you, pain like a woman in travail!
Your terrorism has deceived you, so that your heart is arrogant. 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.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
Even if you soar like the eagle, and even if you set your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down.’” declares Adonai.
Oy to one surely getting unjust gain for his house— to set his nest on high, to escape the reach of calamity!