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| Job 29:1 | Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, | And Job continued his parable and said, | And Job again took up the word and said, | Moreover, Job continued his parable, and said, |
| Job 29:2 | Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; | Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when +God preserved me; | If only I might again be as I was in the months which are past, in the days when God was watching over me! | Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; |
| Job 29:3 | When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; | When his lamp shone over my head, [and] by his light I walked through darkness; | When his light was shining over my head, and when I went through the dark by his light. | When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; |
| Job 29:4 | As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; | As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret counsel of +God was over my tent, | As I was in my flowering years, when my tent was covered by the hand of God; | As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; |
| Job 29:5 | When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; | When the Almighty was yet with me, my young men round about me; | While the Ruler of all was still with me, and my children were round me; | When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; |
| Job 29:6 | When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; | When my steps were bathed in milk, and the rock poured out beside me rivers of oil! ... | When my steps were washed with milk, and rivers of oil were flowing out of the rock for me. | When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; |
| Job 29:7 | When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! | When I went out to the gate by the city, when I prepared my seat on the broadway, | When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place, | When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! |
| Job 29:8 | The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. | The young men saw me, and hid themselves; and the aged arose [and] stood up; | The young men saw me, and went away, and the old men got up from their seats; | The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. |
| Job 29:9 | The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. | Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth; | The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths; | The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. |
| Job 29:10 | The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. | The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to their palate. | The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths. | The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. |
| Job 29:11 | When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: | When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me, and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me; | For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me; | When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: |
| Job 29:12 | Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. | For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper. | For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter. | Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. |
| Job 29:13 | The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. | The blessing of him that was perishing came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. | The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart. | The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. |
| Job 29:14 | I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. | I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was as a mantle and a turban. | I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress. | I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. |
| Job 29:15 | I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. | I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame; | I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking. | I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. |
| Job 29:16 | I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. | I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out; | I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me. | I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. |
| Job 29:17 | And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. | And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. | By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away. | And I broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. |
| Job 29:18 | Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. | And I said, I shall die in my nest, and multiply my days as the sand; | Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number; | Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. |
| Job 29:19 | My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. | My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew will lie all night on my branch; | My root will be open to the waters, and the night mist will be on my branches, | My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. |
| Job 29:20 | My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. | My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow be renewed in my hand. | My glory will be ever new, and my bow will be readily bent in my hand. | My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. |
| Job 29:21 | Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. | Unto me they listened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel: | Men gave ear to me, waiting and keeping quiet for my suggestions. | To me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. |
| Job 29:22 | After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. | After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them; | After I had said what was in my mind, they were quiet and let my words go deep into their hearts; | After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped upon them. |
| Job 29:23 | And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. | And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. | They were waiting for me as for the rain, opening their mouths wide as for the spring rains. | And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. |
| Job 29:24 | If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. | [If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance. | I was laughing at them when they had no hope, and the light of my face was never clouded by their fear. | If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. |
| Job 29:25 | I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners. | I chose their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth mourners. | I took my place as a chief, guiding them on their way, and I was as a king among his army. ... | I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners. |
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