Job 29:20

King James Version

My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
New honors are constantly bestowed on me, and my strength is continually renewed.'

English Revised Version
My glory is fresh in me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.

Update Bible Version
My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.

New Century Version
New honors will come to me continually, and I will always have great strength.'

New English Translation
My glory will always be fresh in me, and my bow ever new in my hand.'

Webster's Bible Translation
My glory [was] fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

World English Bible
My glory is fresh in me, My bow is renewed in my hand.'

Amplified Bible
'My glory and honor are fresh in me [being constantly renewed], And my bow gains [ever] new strength in my hand.'

English Standard Version
my glory fresh with me, and my bow ever new in my hand.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
My glorie schal euere be renulid, and my bouwe schal be astorid in myn hond.

Berean Standard Bible
My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.

Contemporary English Version
or like an archer's new bow.

American Standard Version
My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.

Bible in Basic English
My glory will be ever new, and my bow will be readily bent in my hand.

Complete Jewish Bible
my glory will always be fresh, my bow always new in my hand.'

Darby Translation
My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow be renewed in my hand.

Easy-to-Read Version
I thought each new day would bring more honor and be full of new possibilities.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow shall be renewed in my hand.'

King James Version (1611)
My glory was fresh in mee, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

New Life Bible
My honor is always new to me, and my bow is new in my hand.'

New Revised Standard
my glory was fresh with me, and my bow ever new in my hand.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
My glory shall renue towarde me, and my bowe shall be restored in mine hand.

George Lamsa Translation
I shall take my bow with me, and renew it in my hand.

Good News Translation
Everyone was always praising me, and my strength never failed me.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Mine honour, shall be young again with me, and, my bow, in my hand, be renewed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
My glory shall always be renewed, and my bow in my hand shall be repaired.

Revised Standard Version
my glory fresh with me, and my bow ever new in my hand.'

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Myne honour encreased more and more, & my bow was euer the stronger in my hande.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
My glory was fresh in me, and by bow prospered in his hand.

Christian Standard Bible®
My whole being will be refreshed within me,and my bow will be renewed in my hand.”

Hebrew Names Version
My glory is fresh in me, My bow is renewed in my hand.'

Lexham English Bible
My glory was new with me, and I was revitalized regularly.'

Literal Translation
My glory was fresh with me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

Young's Literal Translation
My honour [is] fresh with me, And my bow in my hand is renewed.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
My honor encreased more & more, and my bowe was euer the stronger in my hande.

New American Standard Bible
'My glory is ever new with me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.'

New King James Version
My glory is fresh within me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'My glory is ever new with me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.'

Legacy Standard Bible
My glory is ever new with me,And my bow is renewed in my hand.'

Contextual Overview

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. ²⁴ If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. ²⁵ I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

glory: Job 29:14, Job 19:9, Genesis 45:13, Psalms 3:3

fresh: Heb. new

my bow: Genesis 49:24

renewed: Heb. changed, Psalms 103:5, Isaiah 40:31, 2 Corinthians 4:16

Cross-References

Genesis 24:67
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

Genesis 29:6
And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.

Genesis 29:7
And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.

Genesis 30:26
Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.

Hosea 12:12
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

1 Corinthians 13:7
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

2 Corinthians 5:14
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

Ephesians 5:2
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

My glory [was],.... "Is" or "shall be";

fresh in me; or "new" g; renewed day by day, having fresh additions made unto it; which was true of Job's temporal honour from among men; as a prince and civil magistrate, he had the honour given him that was due unto him, and this was continually increasing; and also of his spiritual glory, which lay, as every good man's glory does, in the grace of God wrought in him, and in the righteousness of Christ put upon him, Psalms 45:9; which grace is renewed and increased in them by the Holy Spirit, and is therefore called the renewing of the Holy Ghost; and which righteousness is revealed "from faith to faith", Romans 1:17, from a lesser degree of it to a greater:

and my bow was renewed in my hand; "is" or "shall be"; meaning either his authority as a civil magistrate, increasing daily to the terror of evildoers, and to the praise, profit, and defence of them that did well; or his strength, as Gersom interprets it, his spiritual strength, as in Isaiah 40:31; where the same word is used as here; so that he grew stronger and stronger in faith and other graces, and went from strength to strength; the bow was a warlike instrument, and required strength to draw it, and is put for it; see Genesis 48:22.

g חדש "nova", Mercerus, Piscator, Michaelis, Schultens.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My glory was fresh in me - Margin, “new.” “As we say, the man shall not overlive himself.” Umbreit. The idea is, that he was not exhausted; he continued in vigor and strength. The image is probably taken from that suggested in the previous verse - from a tree, whose beauty and vigor were continued by the waters, and by the dew that lay on its branches.

And my bow - An emblem of vigor and strength. The ancients fought with the bow, and hence, a man who was able to keep his bow constantly drawn, was an image of undiminished and unwearied vigor; compare Genesis 49:24 : “But his bow abode in strength.”

Was renewed in my hand - Margin, as in Hebrew “changed.” The meaning is, that it constantly renewed its strength. The idea is taken from a tree, which “changes” by renewing its leaves, beauty, and vigor; Isaiah 9:10; compare Job 14:7. The sense is that his bow gathered strength in his hand. The figure is very common in Arabic poetry, many specimens of which may be seen in Schultens in loc.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 29:20. My glory was fresh in me — My vegetative power was great; my glory - my splendid blossom, large and mellow fruit, was always in season, and in every season.

My bow was renewed — I was never without means to accomplish all my wishes. I had prosperity everywhere.