Job 29
American Standard Version
1And Job again took up his parable, and said,
2Oh that I were as in the months of old,As in the days when God watched over me;3When his lamp shined upon my head,And by his light I walked through darkness;4As I was in the ripeness of my days,When the friendship of God was upon my tent;5When the Almighty was yet with me,And my children were about me;6When my steps were washed with butter,And the rock poured me out streams of oil!7When I went forth to the gate unto the city,When I prepared my seat in the street,8The young men saw me and hid themselves,And the aged rose up and stood;9The princes refrained from talking,And laid their hand on their mouth;10The voice of the nobles was hushed,And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.11For when the ear heardme, then it blessed me;And when the eye sawme, it gave witness unto me:12Because I delivered the poor that cried,The fatherless also, that had none to help him.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 as a robe and a diadem.15I was eyes to the blind,And feet was I to the lame.16I was a father to the needy:And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.17And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous,And plucked the prey out of his teeth.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 lieth all night upon my branch:20My glory is fresh in me,And my bow is renewed in my hand.21Unto me men gave ear, and waited,And kept silence for my counsel.22After my words they spake not again;And my speech distilled upon them.23And they waited for me as for the rain;And they opened their mouth wideasfor the latter rain.24I smiled on them, when they had no confidence;And the light of my countenance they cast not down.25I chose out their way, and sataschief,And dwelt as a king in the army,As one that comforteth the mourners.
Commentaries on Job 29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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