Job 29:8 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen -- they stood up.

English ASV

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

English Amplified

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

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

the young men saw me and withdrew, while older men stood to their feet.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

When young men saw me, they would move to the side. Even the old men would stand up to respect me.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

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

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

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

English God's Word - GW 1995

young men saw me and kept out of sight. Old men stood up straight out of respect {for me}.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

the young men saw me and withdrew, while older men stood to their feet.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

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

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

the young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged arose and stood up.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the old men arose and stood.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Then the young men saw me and withdrew, while the elders rose up and stood;

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Young people who saw me stepped to one side. Old people stood up as I approached.

English NIV

the young men saw me and stepped aside and the old men rose to their feet;

English NKJ 1982

The young men saw me and hid, And the aged arose and stood;

English NLT

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

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

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

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

The young saw me and stepped aside, and even the aged rose and stood up in respect at my coming.

English Tyndale 1537

When the young men (as soon as they saw me) hid themselves, and when the aged arose, and stood up unto me:

Job 29:8 — Compare Translations