Thematic Bible
Job 29:1 (show verse)
Moreover, Job continued his parable and said,
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Job 29:2 (show verse)
Oh, that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
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Job 29:3 (show verse)
when his lamp shone upon my head, and by its light I walked in the darkness;
Job 29:4 (show verse)
as I was in the days of my youth, when God was familiar in my tent;
Job 29:5 (show verse)
when the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
Job 29:6 (show verse)
when I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil!
Job 29:7 (show verse)
When I went out to the gate to judgment, when I had my seat prepared in the plaza!
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Job 29:8 (show verse)
The young men would see me and hide themselves, and the aged would arise and stand.
Job 29:9 (show verse)
The princes would refrain from talking and lay their hand on their mouth;
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Job 29:10 (show verse)
the voice of the principals would not be noticed, and their tongue would cleave to the roof of their mouth.
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Job 29:11 (show verse)
When the ears that heard me, called me blessed; and when the eyes that saw me, gave witness to me:
Job 29:12 (show verse)
because I delivered the poor that cried and the fatherless who had no one to help him.
Job 29:13 (show verse)
The blessing of the one that 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 as a robe; and my diadem was judgment.
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 the cause which I did not know I searched out.
Job 29:17 (show verse)
And I broke the fangs of the wicked and caused their teeth to release the prey.
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 by the waters, and the dew shall remain upon my branches.
Job 29:20 (show verse)
My glory is renewed with me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.
Job 29:21 (show verse)
They would hear me and wait, and keep silent at my counsel.
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Job 29:22 (show verse)
After my words they would not reply, but my reason dropped 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)
If I laughed at them, they did not believe it; and they did not cast down the light of my countenance.
Job 29:25 (show verse)
I approved their way and sat at the head and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforts the mourners.