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| Job 29:1 | Job again took up his parable, and said, | And Job again took up his parable, and said, |
| Job 29:2 | "Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me; | Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me; |
| Job 29:3 | When his lamp shone on my head, And by his light I walked through darkness; | When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness; |
| Job 29:4 | As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was in my tent; | As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent; |
| Job 29:5 | When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were around me; | When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me; |
| Job 29:6 | When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured out streams of oil for me! | When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil! |
| Job 29:7 | When I went forth to the city gate, When I prepared my seat in the street, | When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street, |
| Job 29:8 | The young men saw me and hid themselves, The aged rose up and stood; | The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood; |
| Job 29:9 | The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth; | The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth; |
| Job 29:10 | The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth. | The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. |
| Job 29:11 | For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it commended me: | For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; And when the eye saw [me], it gave witness unto me: |
| Job 29:12 | Because I delivered the poor who cried, And the fatherless also, who had none to help him. | Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him. |
| Job 29:13 | The blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. | 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 justice was as a robe and a diadem. | I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem. |
| Job 29:15 | I was eyes to the blind, And feet to the lame. | I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame. |
| Job 29:16 | I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out. | I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out. |
| Job 29:17 | I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth. | And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth. |
| Job 29:18 | Then I said, 'I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand. | Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand: |
| Job 29:19 | My root is spread out to the waters, The dew lies all night on my branch; | My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch; |
| Job 29:20 | My glory is fresh in me, My bow is renewed in my hand.' | My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand. |
| Job 29:21 | "Men listened to me, waited, And kept silence for my counsel. | Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel. |
| Job 29:22 | After my words they didn't speak again; My speech fell on them. | After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them. |
| Job 29:23 | They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain. | And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain. |
| Job 29:24 | I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn't reject the light of my face. | I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down. |
| Job 29:25 | I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, As one who comforts the mourners. | I chose out their way, and sat [as] chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners. |
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