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18 “Then I thought, ‘I will die in honor
    after having multiplied my days like grains of sand,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 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.

18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

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18 “I thought, ‘I will die in my own house,
    my days as numerous as the grains of sand.(A)

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18 (A)Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my (B)nest,
    and I shall multiply my days as (C)the sand,

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