Thematic Bible
Job 29:1 (show verse)
And Job continued the lifting up of his speech, 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 watched over me;
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Job 29:3 (show verse)
when His lamp shone on my head; I walked through darkness by His light;
Job 29:4 (show verse)
as I was in the days of my harvest, when the secret of God was on my tent;
Job 29:5 (show verse)
when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me;
Job 29:6 (show verse)
when I washed my steps with curds, and the rock poured out rivers of oil for me;
Job 29:7 (show verse)
when I went out to the gate by 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 arose and stood up.
Job 29:9 (show verse)
The rulers held back from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
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Job 29:10 (show verse)
The noble's voice was subdued, and their tongue clung to the roof of their mouth.
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Job 29:11 (show verse)
For the ear heard and blessed me. And the eye saw me and witnessed to me.
Job 29:12 (show verse)
For 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 the perishing came on me; and I caused the widow's heart to sing.
Job 29:14 (show verse)
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my judgment was like a robe and a diadem.
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 poor; and the cause which I did not know, I searched out.
Job 29:17 (show verse)
I broke the fangs of the wicked, 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 like the sand.
Job 29:19 (show verse)
My root was open to the waters, and the dew lay all night on my branch.
Job 29:20 (show verse)
My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
Job 29:21 (show verse)
They listened to me, and waited, and kept silent at my counsel.
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Job 29:22 (show verse)
After my words they did not go on; and my speech dropped on them.
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Job 29:23 (show verse)
And they waited for me like the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Job 29:24 (show verse)
I smiled kindly on them when they did not believe; and they did not make the light of my face fall.
Job 29:25 (show verse)
I chose out their way, and sat as chief; and I lived like a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.