Thematic Bible
Job 29:1 (show verse)
And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
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Job 29:2 (show verse)
"Oh, 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 my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent,
Job 29:5 (show verse)
when the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were all around me,
Job 29:6 (show verse)
when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
Job 29:7 (show verse)
When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the square,
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Job 29:8 (show verse)
the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose and stood;
Job 29:9 (show verse)
the princes refrained from talking and laid their hand on their mouth;
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Job 29:10 (show verse)
the voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
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Job 29:11 (show verse)
When the ear heard, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw, it approved,
Job 29:12 (show verse)
because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.
Job 29:13 (show verse)
The blessing of him who was about 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 like a robe and a turban.
Job 29:15 (show verse)
I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.
Job 29:16 (show verse)
I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.
Job 29:17 (show verse)
I broke the fangs of the unrighteous and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
Job 29:18 (show verse)
Then I thought, 'I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand,
Job 29:19 (show verse)
my roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches,
Job 29:20 (show verse)
my glory fresh with me, and my bow ever new in my hand.'
Job 29:21 (show verse)
"Men listened to me and waited and kept silence for my counsel.
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Job 29:22 (show verse)
After I spoke they did not speak again, and my word dropped upon them.
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Job 29:23 (show verse)
They waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.
Job 29:24 (show verse)
I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my face they did not cast down.
Job 29:25 (show verse)
I chose their way and sat as chief, and I lived like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners.