Thematic Bible
Job 29:1 (show verse)
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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 over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness.
Job 29:4 (show verse)
I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent.
Job 29:5 (show verse)
The Almighty was still with me, and my children were all around me.
Job 29:6 (show verse)
My steps were washed with milk and the rock poured out streams of oil for me!
Job 29:7 (show verse)
When I went out to the gate of the city, when I took 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 up and stood.
Job 29:9 (show verse)
The nobles refrained from talking, and laid their hands on their mouths.
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Job 29:10 (show verse)
The voices of princes were hushed. Their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
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Job 29:11 (show verse)
When the ear heard, it commended me, and when the eye saw, it approved.
Job 29:12 (show verse)
This is because I delivered the poor who cried, and the orphan who had no helper.
Job 29:13 (show verse)
The blessing of the wretched came upon me. 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! I championed the cause of the stranger.
Job 29:17 (show verse)
I broke the fangs of the unrighteous. I made them drop their prey from their teeth.
Job 29:18 (show verse)
Then I thought: I shall die in my nest (house), and I shall multiply my days like the grains of 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 was fresh within me, and my bow ever new in my hand.
Job 29:21 (show verse)
They listened to me, and waited! They kept quiet to hear 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 like dew.
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Job 29:23 (show verse)
They waited for me as for the rain. They opened their mouths as for the spring rain.
Job 29:24 (show verse)
I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They did not extinguish the light of my countenance.
Job 29:25 (show verse)
I chose their way, and sat as chief. I lived like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners.