Job 29:8

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.

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.

Contemporary English Version
the young leaders stepped aside,

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;

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 "Those were the days when I went to the city gate and sat in the public meeting of the elders. ⁸ When the young men saw me coming, they stepped out of my way. And the old men stood up to show they respected me. ⁹ The leaders of the people stopped talking and put their hands over their mouths. ¹⁰ Even the most important leaders were quiet, as if their tongues were stuck to the roof of their mouths. ¹¹ All who heard me said good things about me. Those who saw what I did praised me, ¹² because I helped the poor when they cried out. I helped the orphans who had no one to care for them. ¹³ People who were dying asked God to bless me. My help brought joy to widows in need. ¹⁴ Right living was my clothing. Fairness was my robe and turban. ¹⁵ I was like eyes for the blind, like feet for the crippled. ¹⁶ I was like a father to the poor. I helped people I didn't even know win their case in court.

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
When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the rock away from the well. Then all the sheep could drink from the water. After the sheep were full, the shepherds would put the rock back in its place.

Genesis 34:14
The brothers said to them, "We cannot allow our sister to marry you because you are not yet circumcised. That would bring us shame.

Genesis 43:32
The servants seated Joseph at a table by himself. His brothers were at another table by themselves, and the Egyptians were at a table by themselves. The Egyptians believed that it was wrong for them to eat with Hebrews.

Mark 16:3
The women said to each other, "There is a large stone covering the entrance of the tomb. Who will move the stone for us?"

Luke 24:2
They saw that the heavy stone that covered the entrance had been rolled away.

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.