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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Job 29:18 Catholic Bible: I always expected to live a long life and to die at home in comfort. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/job/29-18.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/job/29-18.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" 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‘I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days like the phoenix;<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/job/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I felt certain that I would live a long and happy life, then die in my own bed. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/29.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I said: “In my own nest I shall grow old; I shall multiply years like the phoenix. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/job/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I said: I shall die in my nest, and as a palm tree shall multiply my days.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And I said: I shall die in my nest, and as a palm tree shall multiply my days.</p><p class="hdg">I shall die</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/30-6.htm">Psalm 30:6,7</a> And in my abundance I said: I shall never be moved. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jeremiah/22-23.htm">Jeremiah 22:23</a> Thou that sittest in Libanus, and makest thy nest in the cedars, how hast thou mourned when sorrows came upon thee, as the pains of a woman in labour?</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jeremiah/49-16.htm">Jeremiah 49:16</a> Thy arrogancy hath deceived thee, and the pride of thy heart: O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, and endeavourest to lay hold on the height of the hill: but though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as an eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../obadiah/1-4.htm">Obadiah 1:4</a> The pride of thy heart hath lifted thee up, who dwellest in the clefts of the rocks, and settest up thy throne on high: who sayest in thy heart: Who shall bring me down to the ground?</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../habakkuk/2-9.htm">Habakkuk 2:9</a> Woe to him that gathereth together an evil covetousness to his house, that his nest may be on high, and thinketh he may be delivered out of the hand of evil.</p><p class="hdg">multiply</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../job/5-26.htm">Job 5:26</a> Thou shalt enter into the grave in abundance, as a heap of wheat is brought in its season.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../job/42-16.htm">Job 42:16,17</a> And Job lived after these things, a hundred and forty years, and he saw his children, and his children's children, unto the fourth generation, . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/91-16.htm">Psalm 91:16</a> I will fill him with length of days; and I will shew him my salvation.</p><p class="hdg">as the sand</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../genesis/32-12.htm">Genesis 32:12</a> Thou didst say, that thou wouldst do well by me, and multiply my seed like the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../genesis/41-49.htm">Genesis 41:49</a> And there was so great abundance of wheat, that it was equal to the sand of the sea, and the plenty exceeded measure.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/job/29.htm">Job's Former Blessings</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>I broke the jaws of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I took away the prey. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl">And I said: I shall die in my nest, and as a palm tree shall multiply my days.</span><span class="reftext">19</span>My root is opened beside the waters, and dew shall continue in my harvest.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../job/29-17.htm">Job 29:17</a></span><br />I broke the jaws of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I took away the prey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../job/29-19.htm">Job 29:19</a></span><br />My root is opened beside the waters, and dew shall continue in my harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table 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