Job 29:8

8 me veían los jóvenes y se escondían, y los ancianos se levantaban y permanecían en pie.

Job 29:8 Meaning and Commentary

Job 29:8

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.

Job 29:8 In-Context

6 cuando en leche se bañaban mis pies, y la roca me derramaba ríos de aceite!

7 Cuando yo salía a la puerta de la ciudad, cuando en la plaza tomaba mi asiento,

8 me veían los jóvenes y se escondían, y los ancianos se levantaban y permanecían en pie.

9 Los príncipes dejaban de hablar y ponían la mano sobre su boca;

10 la voz de los nobles se apagaba, y la lengua se les pegaba al paladar.