Job 29:8
New International Version
the young men saw me and stepped aside and the old men rose to their feet;

New Living Translation
The young stepped aside when they saw me, and even the aged rose in respect at my coming.

English Standard Version
the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose and stood;

Berean Standard Bible
the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.

King James Bible
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

New King James Version
The young men saw me and hid, And the aged arose and stood;

New American Standard Bible
The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the old men arose and stood.

NASB 1995
The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the old men arose and stood.

NASB 1977
The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the old men arose and stood.

Legacy Standard Bible
The young men saw me and hid, And the old men arose and stood.

Amplified Bible
The young men saw me and hid themselves, The aged arose and stood [respectfully];

Christian Standard Bible
the young men saw me and withdrew, while older men stood to their feet.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
the young men saw me and withdrew, while older men stood to their feet.

American Standard Version
The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Young men saw me and they hid themselves, and the Elders stood and were amazed at me

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and all the old men stood up.

Contemporary English Version
the young leaders stepped aside, *

Douay-Rheims Bible
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the old men rose up and stood.

English Revised Version
The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
young men saw me and kept out of sight. Old men stood up straight out of respect [for me].

Good News Translation
young men stepped aside as soon as they saw me, and old men stood up to show me respect.

International Standard Version
The young men would see me and withdraw, and the aged would rise and stand.

JPS Tanakh 1917
The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;

Literal Standard Version
Youths have seen me, and they have been hidden, | And the aged have risen—they stood up.

Majority Standard Bible
the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.

New American Bible
The young men saw me and withdrew, and the elders rose up and stood;

NET Bible
the young men would see me and step aside, and the old men would get up and remain standing;

New Revised Standard Version
the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose up and stood;

New Heart English Bible
The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.

Webster's Bible Translation
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

World English Bible
The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.

Young's Literal Translation
Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen -- they stood up.

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Context
Job's Former Blessings
7When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square, 8the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet. 9The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.…

Cross References
Job 29:7
When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,

Job 29:9
The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.


Treasury of Scripture

The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

young men

Leviticus 19:32
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.

Proverbs 16:31
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

Proverbs 20:8
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

the aged

Romans 13:7
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

1 Peter 2:17
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

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Verse 8. - The young men saw me, and hid themselves; retired, i.e. withdrew to corners, that they might not obtrude themselves on one so much their superior. Compare the respect paid to age by the Spartans. And the aged arose, and stood up. Here the respect paid was not to age so much as to dignity. Men as old as himself, or older, paid Job the compliment of standing up until he was seated, in consideration of his rank and high office. So. in many assemblies, as in our own courts of justice, in Convocation, and elsewhere, when the president enters, all rise.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
the young men
נְעָרִ֣ים (nə·‘ā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

saw me
רָא֣וּנִי (rā·’ū·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular
Strong's 7200: To see

and withdrew,
וְנֶחְבָּ֑אוּ (wə·neḥ·bā·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2244: To withdraw, hide

and the old men
וִֽ֝ישִׁישִׁים (wî·šî·šîm)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 3453: An old man

rose
קָ֣מוּ (qā·mū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

to their feet.
עָמָֽדוּ׃ (‘ā·mā·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations


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