Job 29:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then I said, 'I will die in my nest, and I will multiply my days as the sand.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָ֭אֹמַר עִם־קִנִּ֣י אֶגְוָ֑ע וְ֝כַח֗וֹל אַרְבֶּ֥ה יָמִֽים

Transliteration

wā-ʾōmar ʿim-qinnî ʾegwāʿ wə-ka-ḥôl ʾarbeh yāmîm

Grammar Details

• *wā-ʾōmar*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I said
• *ʿim-qinnî*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - with my nest
• *ʾegwāʿ*: Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will expire/die
• *wə-ka-ḥôl*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular - and like sand
• *ʾarbeh*: Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I will multiply
• *yāmîm*: noun, masculine plural - days

Word Meanings

• *qinnî*: my nest/home
• *ʾegwāʿ*: I will expire/die/breathe my last
• *ḥôl*: sand/phoenix (interpretational variant)
• *ʾarbeh*: I will multiply/increase
• *yāmîm*: days/lifespan

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I said, 'I will die with my nest, and my days will be as numerous as the sand.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then I said,{H559} I shall die{H1478} in my nest,{H7064} And I shall multiply{H7235} my days{H3117} as the sand:{H2344}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then I said{H559}{(H8799)}, I shall die{H1478}{(H8799)} in my nest{H7064}, and I shall multiply{H7235}{(H8686)} my days{H3117} as the sand{H2344}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore, I thought verely, yt I shulde haue dyed in my nest: & yt my dayes shulde haue bene as many as the sondes of the see.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then I sayde, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiplie my dayes as the sand.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then I sayde, I shall die in my nest: and I shall multiplie my dayes as the sande.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply [my] days as the sand.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then I said, 'I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I say, `With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then I said, I shall die in 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:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then I said, 'I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Job’s Confidence“Then I thought,‘I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.

Referenced Verses

• Job 5:26 : 26 You shall come to your grave at a full age, like a sheaf of grain comes in its season.
• Job 42:16-17 : 16 After this, Job lived one hundred and forty years and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations. 17 So Job died, old and full of days.
• Ps 30:6-7 : 6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. 7 LORD, by your favor you have made my mountain stand strong: you hid your face, and I was troubled.
• Ps 91:16 : 16 With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation.
• Gen 32:12 : 12 And you said, I will surely do you good, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
• Gen 41:49 : 49 Joseph gathered very much grain, as the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure.
• Jer 22:23 : 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes your nest in the cedars, how gracious shall you be when pangs come upon you, the pain as of a woman in labor!
• Jer 49:16 : 16 Your terribleness has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says the LORD.
• Obad 1:4 : 4 Though you exalt yourself like the eagle, and though you set your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down, says the LORD.
• Hab 2:9 : 9 Woe to him who covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!