“ I thought,‘ Surely I will die surrounded by my family after a long, good life.

我便说：我必死在家中，必增添我的日子，多如尘沙。

我说：‘我要增添我的日子如尘沙，我必死在自己家中。

我说：‘我要增添我的日子如尘沙，我必死在自己家中。

“我想，‘我必在家中安然离世，我的年日必多如尘沙。

那时我心里想：‘我必在家中安然去世，我必增添我的日子像沙尘那么多。

我便說：我必死在家中，必增添我的日子，多如塵沙。

我說：『我要增添我的日子如塵沙，我必死在自己家中。

我說：『我要增添我的日子如塵沙，我必死在自己家中。

「我想，『我必在家中安然離世，我的年日必多如塵沙。

那時我心裡想：‘我必在家中安然去世，我必增添我的日子像沙塵那麼多。

那時我心裏說：「我必善終於我的巢窩；我必增多我的年日如塵沙；

自謂必終於我巢、增加我日、如沙之多、

我行若此、自謂必享遐齡、若沙之無量、終於正寢。

我自以為必善終於家、必善終於家原文作必終於我巢我之壽命必多如塵沙、我之壽命必多如塵沙或作我必增壽如鳳

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

“ I thought,‘ I’ll die in my own house. The days of my life will be as many as the grains of sand.

Then I thought,‘ I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand,

So I thought,“ I will die in my own nest and multiply my days as the sand.

Then I thought,‘ I will die with my family, And I will multiply my days as the sand.

“ Then I said,‘ I shall die in my nest, And multiply my days as the sand.

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:

So I thought: I will die in my own nest and multiply my days as the sand.

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

“ Then I thought,‘ I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.

Then I said,‘ I will die in my own house, I will count my days as the sand.

Job lived 140 years after that, living to see four generations of his children and grandchildren.Then he died, an old man who had lived a long, full life.

You will go to the grave at a ripe old age, like a sheaf of grain harvested at the proper time!

When I was prosperous, I said,“ Nothing can stop me now!”Your favor, O Lord, made me as secure as a mountain. Then you turned away from me, and I was shattered.

But you promised me,‘ I will surely treat you kindly, and I will multiply your descendants until they become as numerous as the sands along the seashore— too many to count.’”

I will reward them with a long life and give them my salvation.”

“ What sorrow awaits you who build big houses with money gained dishonestly! You believe your wealth will buy security, putting your family’s nest beyond the reach of danger.

You have been deceived by the fear you inspire in others and by your own pride. You live in a rock fortress and control the mountain heights. But even if you make your nest among the peaks with the eagles, I will bring you crashing down,” says the Lord.

It may be nice to live in a beautiful palace paneled with wood from the cedars of Lebanon, but soon you will groan with pangs of anguish— anguish like that of a woman in labor.

He piled up huge amounts of grain like sand on the seashore. Finally, he stopped keeping records because there was too much to measure.

But even if you soar as high as eagles and build your nest among the stars, I will bring you crashing down,” says the Lord.