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Job 29

Job 29:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thenh I said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, I shall die
gava` (Hebrew #1478)
to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
KJV usage: die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.
Pronounce: gaw-vah'
Origin: a primitive root
in my nest
qen (Hebrew #7064)
a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings; figuratively, a chamber or dwelling
KJV usage: nest, room.
Pronounce: kane
Origin: contracted from 7077
, and I shall multiply
rabah (Hebrew #7235)
to increase (in whatever respect)
KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), X process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Pronounce: raw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
my days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
as the sand
chowl (Hebrew #2344)
sand (as round or whirling particles)
KJV usage: sand.
Pronounce: khole
Origin: from 2342
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Psa. 30:6• 6And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. (Psa. 30:6)

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I shall die.
Psa. 30:6‑7• 6And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
 7Lord, by thy favor thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. (Psa. 30:6‑7)
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Jer. 22:23• 23O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! (Jer. 22:23)
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Jer. 49:16• 16Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, 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. (Jer. 49:16)
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Obad. 4• 4Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord. (Obad. 4)
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Hab. 2:9• 9Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! (Hab. 2:9)
multiply.
Job 5:26• 26Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. (Job 5:26)
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Job 42:16‑17• 16After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
 17So Job died, being old and full of days. (Job 42:16‑17)
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Psa. 91:16• 16With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation. (Psa. 91:16)
as the sand.
Gen. 32:12• 12And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. (Gen. 32:12)
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Gen. 41:49• 49And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number. (Gen. 41:49)
• Abiding prosperity in view (vers. 18-20). (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• The inevitable end, put off to a great distance, would find him comfortable in his “nest.” He would prolong the days of his life as a multitude of grains of the sand. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And I said, I shall die in my nest, and multiply my days as the sand;