Thematic Bible
Job 29:1 (show verse)
And Job again took up his parable, and said,
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Job 29:2 (show verse)
O that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me,
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Job 29:3 (show verse)
when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
Job 29:4 (show verse)
as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was upon my tent,
Job 29:5 (show verse)
when the Almighty was yet with me, and my sons were about me,
Job 29:6 (show verse)
when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil to me,
Job 29:7 (show verse)
when I went forth to the gate to the city, when I prepared my seat in the street.
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Job 29:8 (show verse)
The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood.
Job 29:9 (show verse)
The rulers refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
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Job 29:10 (show verse)
The voice of the ranking men was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
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Job 29:11 (show verse)
For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me, and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me.
Job 29:12 (show verse)
Because I delivered the poor who cried, also the fatherless who had none to help him.
Job 29:13 (show verse)
The blessing of him who was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Job 29:14 (show verse)
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
Job 29:15 (show verse)
I was eyes to the blind, and I was feet to the lame.
Job 29:16 (show verse)
I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the case of him whom I did not know.
Job 29:17 (show verse)
And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
Job 29:18 (show verse)
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
Job 29:19 (show verse)
My root is spread out to the waters, and the dew lays all night upon my branch.
Job 29:20 (show verse)
My glory is fresh in me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.
Job 29:21 (show verse)
To me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
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Job 29:22 (show verse)
After my words they spoke not again, and my speech distilled upon them.
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Job 29:23 (show verse)
And they waited for me as for the rain. And they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.
Job 29:24 (show verse)
I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and they did not cast down the light of my countenance.
Job 29:25 (show verse)
I chose out their way, and sat [as] chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as a man who comforts the mourners.