KJV King James Version
My glory [was] fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Job 29:20
My glory [was] fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
WEB World English Bible
My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’
ASV American Standard Version
My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
My honour is fresh with me, And my bow in my hand is renewed.
Surrounding context — Job 29
17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply [my] days as the sand.
19 My root [was] spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
20 My glory [was] fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
21 Unto me [men] gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.
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Genesis 49:24But 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 40:31But 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.Psalm 18:34He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.Genesis 45:13And 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.2 Corinthians 4:16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day.Psalm 103:5Who satisfieth thy mouth with good [things; so that] thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.Psalm 3:3But thou, O LORD, [art] a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.Job 19:9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown [from] my head.
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