My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
Parallel translations
- WEB My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’
- BSB My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is 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 49:24But 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:)
- Isa 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.
- Gen 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.
- Ps 3:3But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
- 2 Cor 4:16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
- Ps 103:5Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
- Ps 18:34He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
- 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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