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Job 29:17-19
New Catholic Bible
Job 29:17-19
New Catholic Bible
17 I broke the fangs of the wicked
and snatched their prey from their teeth.
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.
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.
