New American Standard Bible 1995

Job 29:4-16

4As I was in 1the prime of my days, When the 2 3friendship of God was over my tent;5When 4the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were around me;6When my steps were bathed in 5butter, And the 6rock poured out for me streams of oil!7When I went out to 7the gate of the city, When I 8took my seat in the square,8The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the old men arose and stood.9The princes 9stopped talking And 10put their hands on their mouths;10The voice of the nobles was 11 12hushed, And their 13tongue stuck to their palate.11For when 14the ear heard, it called me blessed, And when the eye saw, it gave witness of me,12Because I delivered 15the poor who cried for help, And the 16orphan who had no helper.13The blessing of the one 17ready to perish came upon me, And I made the 18widow’s heart sing for joy.14I 19put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban.15I was 20eyes to the blind And feet to the lame.16I was a father to 21the needy, And I investigated the case which I did not know.

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Notes

1. Job 29:4 Lit the days of my autumn ↩
2. Job 29:4 Lit counsel ↩
3. Job 29:4 Job 15:8; Ps 25:14; Prov 3:32 ↩
4. Job 29:5 Heb Shaddai ↩
5. Job 29:6 Deut 32:14; Job 20:17 ↩
6. Job 29:6 Deut 32:13; Ps 81:16 ↩
7. Job 29:7 Job 31:21 ↩
8. Job 29:7 Lit set up ↩
9. Job 29:9 Job 29:21 ↩
10. Job 29:9 Job 21:5 ↩
11. Job 29:10 Lit hidden ↩
12. Job 29:10 Job 29:22 ↩
13. Job 29:10 Ps 137:6 ↩
14. Job 29:11 Job 4:3, 4 ↩
15. Job 29:12 Job 24:4, 9; 34:28; Ps 72:12; Prov 21:13 ↩
16. Job 29:12 Job 31:17, 21 ↩
17. Job 29:13 Job 31:19 ↩
18. Job 29:13 Job 22:9 ↩
19. Job 29:14 Job 27:5, 6; Ps 132:9; Is 59:17; 61:10; Eph 6:14 ↩
20. Job 29:15 Num 10:31 ↩
21. Job 29:16 Job 24:4; Prov 29:7 ↩

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