Job 29:8

Contemporary English Version

the young leaders stepped aside,

Parallel Translations

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

Hebrew Names Version
The young men saw me and hid themselves, The aged rose up and stood;

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

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

New Century Version
When the young men saw me, they would step aside, and the old men would stand up in respect.

New English Translation
the young men would see me and step aside, and the old men would get up and remain standing;

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

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

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

Geneva Bible (1587)
The yong men saw me, & hid themselues, and the aged arose, and stood vp.

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

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

Complete Jewish Bible
when young men saw me they would hide themselves, while the aged arose and stood;

Darby Translation
The young men saw me, and hid themselves; and the aged arose [and] stood up;

Easy-to-Read Version
When the young men saw me coming, they stepped out of my way. And the old men stood up to show they respected me.

George Lamsa Translation
The young men saw me and hid themselves; and the aged arose, and respected me.

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

Lexham English Bible
Young men saw me and stepped aside, and the aged rose up and stood.

Literal Translation
The young men saw me and hid themselves; the aged rose up, stood up;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
whe the yonge me (as soone as they sawe me) hyd the selues, & when the aged arose, & stode vp vnto me:

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

Bible in Basic English
The young men saw me, and went away, and the old men got up from their seats;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood;

King James Version (1611)
The yong men saw me, and hid themselues: and the aged arose, and stood vp.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The young men saw me and hid them selues, and the aged arose, and stoode vp.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and all the old men stood up.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Yonge men, `that is, wantoun, sien me, and weren hid, and elde men risynge vp stoden;

Update Bible Version
The young men saw me and hid themselves, And 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.

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

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

New Life Bible
the young men saw me and let me go by. The old men rose and stood.

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

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Young men saw me, and hid themselves, and, the aged, arose - they stood;

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

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

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

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the old men arose and stood.

Contextual Overview

⁷ When I sat down at the meeting of the city council, ⁸ the young leaders stepped aside, ⁹ while the older ones stood ¹⁰ and remained silent. ¹¹ Everyone was pleased with what I said and did. ¹² When poor people or orphans cried out for help, I came to their rescue. ¹³ And I was highly praised for my generosity to widows and others in poverty. ¹⁴ Kindness and justice were my coat and hat; ¹⁵ I was good to the blind and to the lame. ¹⁶ I was a father to the needy, and I defended them in court, even if they were strangers.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

young men: Leviticus 19:32, Proverbs 16:31, Proverbs 20:8, Romans 13:3, Romans 13:4, Titus 3:1, 1 Peter 5:5

the aged: Romans 13:7, 1 Peter 2:17

Reciprocal: Job 30:1 - they that are Titus 2:6 - Young

Cross-References

Genesis 29:3
Shepherds would roll the rock away when all their sheep had gathered there. Then after the sheep had been watered, the shepherds would roll the rock back over the mouth of the well.

Genesis 34:14
So they tricked them by saying: You're not circumcised! It would be a disgrace for us to let you marry Dinah now.

Genesis 43:32
Joseph was served at a table by himself, and his brothers were served at another. The Egyptians sat at yet another table, because Egyptians felt it was disgusting to eat with Hebrews.

Mark 16:3
On their way, they were asking one another, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance for us?"

Luke 24:2
When they found the stone rolled away from the entrance,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The young men saw me, and hid themselves,.... Through a veneration of him; which was much, since young men, through a vain conceit and opinion of themselves, are apt to treat their superiors in age with slight, neglect, and contempt; or through fear, lest he should spy them, and call them to him, and examine them closely concerning their conduct and behaviour, and reprove them for their youthful follies he might have knowledge of:

and the aged arose [and] stood up; as he passed by them, to show their respect unto him; or when he came into court, they rose up, and continued standing until he had took his seat; and even then kept the same posture, attending to his counsel and instruction, to his definitive sentence and decision of matters in debate; though they were venerable persons themselves, and such as before whom young men were to arise, Leviticus 19:32; and were also men of wisdom and prudence,

Job 12:12; yet these men rose and stood up, paying a deference to Job's superior sense and judgment.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The young men saw me, and hid themselves - That is, they retired as if awed at my presence. They gave place to me, or reverently withdrew as I passed along.

And the aged arose, and stood up - They not merely rose, but they continued to stand still until I had passed by. “This is a most elegant description, and exhibits most correctly the great reverence and respect which was paid, even by the old and the decrepit, to the holy man, in passing along the streets, or when he sat in public. They not only rose, which in men so old was a great mark of distinction, but they stood; and they continued to do it, though the attempt was so difficult.” Lowth. The whole image presents a beautiful illustration of Oriental manners, and of the respect paid to a man of known excellence of character and distinction.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 29:8. The young men saw me, and hid themselves — From all classes of persons I had the most marked respect. The YOUNG, through modesty and bashfulness, shrunk back, and were afraid to meet the eye of their prince; and the AGED rose from their seats when I entered the place of judgment. These were the elders of the people, who also sat with the judge, and assisted in all legal cases.