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Job 29:18-20
New Catholic Bible
Job 29:18-20
New Catholic Bible
18 “Then I thought, ‘I will die in honor
after having multiplied my days like grains of sand,[a]
19 with my roots spreading out to the waters
and the dew lying on my branches throughout the night.
20 My glory will be forever new
and the bow in my hand forever strong.’
Footnotes
- Job 29:18 Grains of sand: another possible translation is: “the phoenix”—a symbol of long life. The ancients regarded the phoenix as a bird that lived for centuries, then became consumed in flames, and finally arose from the ashes with new life.
