Bible Strands
Job 29:20
My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job delivers a monologue recalling his former prosperity, positioned between his description of agricultural abundance in verse 19 and the public respect he commanded in verse 21.
The words — חָדָ֣שׁ (cha.Dash) means "new," and תַחֲלִֽיף (ta.cha.Lif) translates as "it will show newness" or "renewed." These terms directly modify Job's claims about his internal vitality and external capacity for action.
The thread — The renewal of strength and the steadying of a bow appear in Genesis 49:24 and Isaiah 40:31, where divine intervention restores physical and spiritual power.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that human honor and operational capacity are sustained by external renewal rather than self-generated merit. It compels an assessment of whether current strength is maintained by divine provision or human effort.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
Cross-references
- Genesis 49:24 Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
- Isaiah 40:31 But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
- Genesis 45:13 Tell my father about all my splendor in Egypt and everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.”
- Psalms 3:3 But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
- Psalms 18:34 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
- Psalms 103:5 who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
- 2 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
- Job 19:9 He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
- Job 29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.