18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
18 "I thought, 'I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.
18 Then I thought, 'I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand,
18 I thought, 'I'll die peacefully in my own bed, grateful for a long and full life,
18 "Then I said, 'I shall die in my nest, And multiply my days as the sand.
18 "I thought, 'Surely I will die surrounded by my family after a long, good life.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 29:18
Commentary on Job 29:18-25
(Read Job 29:18-25)
Being thus honoured and useful, Job had hoped to die in peace and honour, in a good old age. If such an expectation arise from lively faith in the providence and promise of God, it is well; but if from conceit of our own wisdom, and dependence on changeable, earthly things, it is ill grounded, and turns to sin. Every one that has the spirit of wisdom, has not the spirit of government; but Job had both. Yet he had the tenderness of a comforter. This he thought upon with pleasure, when he was himself a mourner. Our Lord Jesus is a King who hates iniquity, and upon whom the blessing of a world ready to perish comes. To Him let us give ear.