Job 29 · Verse 20

Job 29:20

My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
Job 29:20, King James Version

Job 29:20 in other translations

BSBMy glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
WEBMy glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’
ASVMy glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.
YLTMy honour is fresh with me, And my bow in my hand is renewed.
DARBYMy glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow be renewed in my hand.
BBEMy glory will be ever new, and my bow will be readily bent in my hand.
WebsterMy glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

What does Job 29:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
20. My renown, like my bodily health, was continually fresh. bow--Metaphor from war, for, my strength, which gains me "renown," was ever renewed (Jr 49:35).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 My glory was fresh in me - My vegetative power was great; my glory - my splendid blossom, large and mellow fruit, was always in season, and in every season. My bow was renewed - I was never without means to accomplish all my wishes. I had prosperity everywhere.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 29:18-25

Being thus honoured and useful, Job had hoped to die in peace and honour, in a good old age. If such an expectation arise from lively faith in the providence and promise of God, it is well; but if from conceit of our own wisdom, and dependence on changeable, earthly things, it is ill grounded, and turns to sin. Every one that has the spirit of wisdom, has not the spirit of government; but Job had both. Yet he had…

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Job 29:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כְּ֭בוֹדִיKe.vo.dihonor myH3519
חָדָ֣שׁcha.Dash[is] newH2319
עִמָּדִ֑י'i.ma.Diwith meH5978
וְ֝קַשְׁתִּ֗יve.kash.Tiand bow myH7198
בְּיָדִ֥יbe.ya.Diin hand myH3027
תַחֲלִֽיף\׃ta.cha.Lifit will show newnessH2498

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 29:20

  • Genesis 49:24

    But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

  • Isaiah 40:31

    But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:16

    For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

  • Psalms 18:34

    He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

  • Psalms 103:5

    Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

  • Genesis 45:13

    And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

  • Psalms 3:3

    But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

  • Job 19:9

    He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

  • Job 29:14

    I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
glory.
14; 19:9; Ge 45:13; Ps 3:3
fresh. Heb. new. my bow.
Ge 49:24
renewed. Heb. changed.
Ps 103:5; Isa 40:31; 2Co 4:16

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Context

  • Job 29:19

    My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

  • Job 29:20

    My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

  • Job 29:21

    Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

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Job 29:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mi honra se renovaba en mí, y mi arco se corroboraba en mi mano.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ma gloire restera toujours nouvelle avec moi, et mon arc rajeunira dans ma main.
German
Elberfelder 1871		meine Ehre wird frisch bei mir bleiben, und mein Bogen sich in meiner Hand verjüngen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Gloria mea semper innovabitur, et arcus meus in manu mea instaurabitur.