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Job 29:18

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

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וָ֭אֹמַרvaomarand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…עִםimwithעִםpreposition — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).קִנִּ֣יqininestקֵןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “nest”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7064a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings; figuratively, a chamber or dwellingnest, room.אֶגְוָ֑עegvagive up the ghostגָּוַעverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “give up the ghost”, an unfinished actionH1478to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expiredie, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.וְ֝כַח֗וֹלvekhacholand as sandחוֹלconjunction, preposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and as sand”, the ordinary formH2344sand (as round or whirling particles)sand.אַרְבֶּ֥הarbehincreaseרָבָהverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “increase”, an unfinished actionH7235to increase (in whatever respect)(bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for H7232 (רָבַב)), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, incre…יָמִֽיםyamimas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a 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)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house, I will count my days as the sand.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

And I said: I shall die in my nest, and as a palm tree shall multiply my days.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I said, My age shall continue as the stem of a palm-tree; I shall live a long while.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἶπα δὲ, ἡ ἡλικία μου γηράσει ὥσπερ στέλεχος φοίνικος, πολὺν χρόνον βιώσω.