Thematic Bible
Job 29:1 (show verse)
Then Job again took up his discourse and said,
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Job 29:2 (show verse)
"{O that I were} as [in] the months before, as [in] the days [when] God watched over me,
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Job 29:3 (show verse)
when his shining lamp [was] over my head-- by his light I walked through darkness--
Job 29:4 (show verse)
as when I was in the days of my prime, when God's confiding [was] over my {house},
Job 29:5 (show verse)
when Shaddai[was] still with me, my children [were] all around me,
Job 29:6 (show verse)
when my paths were washed in sour milk, and [the] rock poured out streams of oil for me.
Job 29:7 (show verse)
"At my going out [the] gate to [the] city, I secured my seat in the square.
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Job 29:8 (show verse)
Young men saw me and stepped aside, and [the] aged rose up [and] stood.
Job 29:9 (show verse)
Officials refrained from talking, and they laid [their] hand on their mouth.
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Job 29:10 (show verse)
[The] voices of nobles were hushed, and their tongue stuck to their palate.
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Job 29:11 (show verse)
"When [the] ear heard and commended me, and [the] eye saw and testified in support of me
Job 29:12 (show verse)
because I saved [the] needy who cried for help, and [I saved] [the] orphan for whom [there was] no helper.
Job 29:13 (show verse)
[The] blessing of [the] wretched 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 headband.
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 poor, and I investigated {the stranger's} legal dispute.
Job 29:17 (show verse)
And I broke [the] evil one's jaw bones, and I made [his] prey drop from his teeth.
Job 29:18 (show verse)
"And I thought, 'I will pass away in my nest, and like the phoenix I shall multiply [my] days.
Job 29:19 (show verse)
My roots [were] open to water, and dew spent the night on my branches;
Job 29:20 (show verse)
My glory [was] new with me, and {I was revitalized regularly}.'
Job 29:21 (show verse)
"They listened to me and waited, and they kept silent for my counsel.
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Job 29:22 (show verse)
After my word, they did not speak again, and my word dropped down [like dew] 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] spring rain.
Job 29:24 (show verse)
I smiled for them [when] they had no confidence [in anything], and they did not extinguish the light of my face.
Job 29:25 (show verse)
I chose their way, and I sat [as] head, and I dwelled like a king among the troops, like [one] who comforts mourners.