Job 29:8

Good News Translation

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

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;

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.

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 Whenever the city elders met and I took my place among them, ⁸ young men stepped aside as soon as they saw me, and old men stood up to show me respect. ⁹ The leaders of the people would stop talking; ¹⁰ even the most important men kept silent. ¹¹ Everyone who saw me or heard of me had good things to say about what I had done. ¹² When the poor cried out, I helped them; I gave help to orphans who had nowhere to turn. ¹³ People who were in deepest misery praised me, and I helped widows find security. ¹⁴ I have always acted justly and fairly. ¹⁵ I was eyes for the blind, and feet for the lame. ¹⁶ I was like a father to the poor and took the side of strangers in trouble.

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
Whenever all the flocks came together there, the shepherds would roll the stone back and water them. Then they would put the stone back in place.

Genesis 34:14
They said to him, "We cannot let our sister marry a man who is not circumcised; that would be a disgrace for us.

Genesis 43:32
Joseph was served at one table and his brothers at another. The Egyptians who were eating there were served separately, because they considered it beneath their dignity to eat with Hebrews.

Mark 16:3
On the way they said to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?" (It was a very large stone.) Then they looked up and saw that the stone had already been rolled back.

Luke 24:2
They found the stone rolled away from the entrance to the tomb,

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.