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Job 29:18
Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house, I will count my days as the sand.
Job 29:18 · World English Bible
Job 29:18 in other translations
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.
Then I said, 'I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand.
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In context
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.
17 I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
18 Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house, I will count my days as the sand.
19 My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.
20 My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’
21 “Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
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