"Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand."
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And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number;
And 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.
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
Then I said, 'I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand.
And I say, `With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'