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Job 29	Job 29
Job 29:1 And Job again took up his parable, and said,	Job 29:1 And Job again took up the word and said,
Job 29:2 Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;	Job 29:2 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 When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;	Job 29:3 When his light was shining over my head, and when I went through the dark by his light.
Job 29:4 As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;	Job 29:4 As I was in my flowering years, when my tent was covered by the hand of God;
Job 29:5 When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me;	Job 29:5 While the Ruler of all was still with me, and my children were round me;
Job 29:6 When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil!	Job 29:6 When my steps were washed with milk, and rivers of oil were flowing out of the rock for me.
Job 29:7 When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,	Job 29:7 When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,
Job 29:8 The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;	Job 29:8 The young men saw me, and went away, and the old men got up from their seats;
Job 29:9 The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;	Job 29:9 The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;
Job 29:10 The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.	Job 29:10 The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.
Job 29:11 For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; And when the eye saw [me], it gave witness unto me:	Job 29:11 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 Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.	Job 29:12 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 him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.	Job 29:13 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 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.	Job 29:14 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 I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.	Job 29:15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking.
Job 29:16 I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.	Job 29:16 I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.
Job 29:17 And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.	Job 29:17 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 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:	Job 29:18 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 spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch;	Job 29:19 My root will be open to the waters, and the night mist will be on my branches,
Job 29:20 My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.	Job 29:20 My glory will be ever new, and my bow will be readily bent in my hand.
Job 29:21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.	Job 29:21 Men gave ear to me, waiting and keeping quiet for my suggestions.
Job 29:22 After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them.	Job 29:22 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 waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.	Job 29:23 They were waiting for me as for the rain, opening their mouths wide as for the spring rains.
Job 29:24 I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.	Job 29:24 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 chose out their way, and sat [as] chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners.	Job 29:25 I took my place as a chief, guiding them on their way, and I was as a king among his army. ...