Job 29:8

American Standard Version (1901)

The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;

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  • Lev 19:32 : 32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.
  • Prov 16:31 : 31 The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 Render to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due] ; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.
  • Titus 3:1 : 1 Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work,
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
  • 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
  • Prov 20:8 : 8 A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
  • Rom 13:3-4 : 3 For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. And wouldest thou have no fear of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise from the same: 4 for he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him that doeth evil.

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  • 12 Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.

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  • 32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

  • 28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous increase.

  • 28 I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.

  • 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.

  • 2 the mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder;

  • 7 And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,

  • 12 Both young men and virgins; Old men and children:

  • 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.

  • 7 And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves.

  • 8 They are bowed down and fallen; But we are risen, and stand upright.

  • 9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.

  • 6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; Wherefore I held back, and durst not show you mine opinion.

  • 8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate: and all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.

  • 18 Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto [the next] generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.

  • 10 With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father.

  • 4 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

  • 34 Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door--

  • 30 And the king said, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.

  • 19 Thus said Jehovah unto me: Go, and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;

  • 1 Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.

  • 11 Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, Yea, unto my neighbors exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintance: They that did see me without fled from me.

  • 15 I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.

  • 17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee before them.

  • 18 (Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it;

  • 8 Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

  • 24 I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.

  • 8 Wherefore the wrath of Jehovah was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to be tossed to and fro, to be an astonishment, and a hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

  • 5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:

  • 5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

  • 7 For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom thine eyes have seen.

  • 12 When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

  • 22 As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.

  • 5 They saw it, then were they amazed; They were dismayed, they hasted away.

  • 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

  • 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.

  • 32 Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction: