Job 29
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1Job further continued his discourse, and said:1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2“Oh, that I were as in months past, As in the days when God watched over me;2Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
3When His lamp shone upon my head, And when by His light I walked through darkness;3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
4Just as I was in the days of my prime, When the friendly counsel of God was over my tent;4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
5When the Almighty was yet with me, When my children were around me;5When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
6When my steps were bathed with cream, And the rock poured out rivers of oil for me!6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
7“When I went out to the gate by the city, When I took my seat in the open square,7When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
8The young men saw me and hid, And the aged arose and stood;8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
9The princes refrained from talking, And put their hand on their mouth;9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
10The voice of nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
11When the ear heard, then it blessed me, And when the eye saw, then it approved me;11When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
12Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper.12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
13The blessing of a perishing man came upon me, And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban.14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
15I was eyes to the blind, And I was feet to the lame.15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
16I was a father to the poor, And I searched out the case that I did not know.16I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
17I broke the fangs of the wicked, And plucked the victim from his teeth.17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
18“Then I said, ‘I shall die in my nest, And multiply my days as the sand.18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
19My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lies all night on my branch.19My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
20My glory is fresh within me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.’20My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
21Men listened to me and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
22After my words they did not speak again, And my speech settled on them as dew.22After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
23They waited for me as for the rain, And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
24If I mocked at them, they did not believe it, And the light of my countenance they did not cast down.24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
25I chose the way for them, and sat as chief; So I dwelt as a king in the army, As one who comforts mourners.25I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com.
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