My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
Parallel translations
- WEB My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’
- KJV My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
- NKJV My glory is fresh within me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.’
- NASB ‘My glory is ever new with me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.’
- NLT New honors are constantly bestowed on me, and my strength is continually renewed.’
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Quick answer
Job had expected his honor to stay fresh and his strength continually renewed.
Overview
Job recalls his confidence that his glory and vigor, pictured as an ever-renewed bow, would not fade. He assumed his strength and standing would remain undiminished. The verse closes his account of past expectations, soon to be shattered, reminding us that lasting strength and glory belong to God alone, who renews those who hope in Him (Isaiah 40:31).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Gen 49:24Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
- Isa 40:31But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
- Gen 45:13Tell my father about all my splendor in Egypt and everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.”
- Ps 3:3But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
- 2 Cor 4:16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
- Ps 103:5who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
- Ps 18:34He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
- Job 19:9He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
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