Job:29 Parallel Bible - YLT BAS |
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| | The Young's Literal Translation Online Bible (YLT) | The Basic English Online Bible (BAS) |
| Job 29:1 | And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: | And Job again took up the word and said, |
| Job 29:2 | Who doth make me as [in] months past, As [in] the days of God`s preserving 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! |
| Job 29:3 | In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk [through] darkness. | When his light was shining over my head, and when I went through the dark by his light. |
| Job 29:4 | As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God upon my tent. | As I was in my flowering years, when my tent was covered by the hand of God; |
| Job 29:5 | When yet the Mighty One [is] with me. Round about me my young ones, | While the Ruler of all was still with me, and my children were round me; |
| Job 29:6 | When washing my goings with butter, And the firm rock [is] with me rivulets of oil. | When my steps were washed with milk, and rivers of oil were flowing out of the rock for me. |
| Job 29:7 | When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat. | When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place, |
| Job 29:8 | Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen they stood up. | The young men saw me, and went away, and the old men got up from their seats; |
| Job 29:9 | Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth. | The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths; |
| Job 29:10 | The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved. | The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths. |
| Job 29:11 | For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth [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; |
| Job 29:12 | For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath 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. |
| Job 29:13 | The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing. | The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart. |
| Job 29:14 | Righteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice. | I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress. |
| Job 29:15 | Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame [am] I. | I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking. |
| Job 29:16 | A father I [am] to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out. | I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me. |
| Job 29:17 | And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey. | By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away. |
| Job 29:18 | And I say, `With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.` | Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number; |
| Job 29:19 | My root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch. | My root will be open to the waters, and the night mist will be on my branches, |
| Job 29:20 | My honour [is] fresh with me, And my bow in my hand is renewed. | My glory will be ever new, and my bow will be readily bent in my hand. |
| Job 29:21 | To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel. | Men gave ear to me, waiting and keeping quiet for my suggestions. |
| Job 29:22 | After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop, | After I had said what was in my mind, they were quiet and let my words go deep into their hearts; |
| Job 29:23 | And they wait as [for] rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide [As] for the latter rain. | They were waiting for me as for the rain, opening their mouths wide as for the spring rains. |
| Job 29:24 | I laugh unto them they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall. | I was laughing at them when they had no hope, and the light of my face was never clouded by their fear. |
| Job 29:25 | I choose their way, and sit head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When mourners he doth comfort. | I took my place as a chief, guiding them on their way, and I was as a king among his army. ... |
| | The Young's Literal Translation Online Bible (YLT) | The Basic English Online Bible (BAS) |
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