Job 29

New American Standard Bible 1995

Job’s Past Was Glorious

1And JobH347 againH3254 tookH5375 up his 1discourseH4912 and saidH559,2“OhH4310 H5414 that I were as in monthsH3391 goneH6924 by, As in the daysH3117 when GodH433 2watchedH8104 over me;3When 3His lampH5216 shoneH1984 overH5921 my headH7218, And 4by His lightH216 I walkedH1980 through darknessH2822;4As I was in 5the primeH2779 of my daysH3117, When the 6 7friendshipH5475 of GodH433 was overH5921 my tentH168;5When 8the AlmightyH7706 was yetH5750 with me, And my childrenH5288 were aroundH5439 me;6When my stepsH1978 were bathedH7364 in 9butterH2529, And the 10rockH6697 pouredH6694 out for me streamsH6388 of oilH8081!7When I wentH3318 out to 11the gateH8179 of the cityH7176, When I 12tookH3559 my seatH4186 in the squareH7339,8The youngH5288 menH5288 sawH7200 me and hidH2244 themselves, And the oldH3453 menH3453 aroseH6965 and stoodH5975.9The princesH8269 13stoppedH6113 talkingH4405 And 14putH7760 their handsH3709 on their mouthsH6310;10The voiceH6963 of the noblesH5057 was 15 16hushedH2244, And their 17tongueH3956 stuckH1692 to their palateH2441.11For when 18the earH241 heardH8085, it calledH833 me blessedH833, And when the eyeH5869 sawH7200, it gaveH5749 witnessH5749 of me,12BecauseH3588 I deliveredH4422 19the poorH6041 who criedH7768 for helpH7768, And the 20orphanH3490 who had noH3808 helperH5826.13The blessingH1293 of the one 21ready to perishH6 cameH935 upon me, And I made the 22widow’sH490 heartH3820 singH7442 for joyH7442.14I 23putH3847 on righteousnessH6664, and it clothedH3847 me; My justiceH4941 was like a robeH4598 and a turbanH6797.15I was 24eyesH5869 to the blindH5787 And feetH7272 to the lameH6455.16I was a fatherH1 to 25the needyH34, And I investigatedH2713 the caseH7379 which I did not knowH3045.17I 26brokeH7665 the jawsH4973 of the wickedH5767 And snatchedH7993 the preyH2964 from his teethH8127.18Then I 27thoughtH559, ‘I shall dieH1478 28in my nestH7064, And I shall multiplyH7235 my daysH3117 as the sandH2344.19My 29rootH8328 is spreadH6605 out to the watersH4325, And 30dewH2919 liesH3885 all nightH3885 on my branchH7105.20My gloryH3519 is ever newH2319 with me, And my 31bowH7198 is renewedH2498 in my handH3027.’

21“To me 32they listenedH8085 and waitedH3176, And keptH1826 silentH1826 for my counselH6098.22AfterH310 my wordsH1697 they did not 33speakH8138 againH8138, And 34my speechH4405 droppedH5197 on them.23They waitedH3176 for me as for the rainH4306, And openedH6473 their mouthH6310 as for the springH4456 rainH4456.24I smiledH7832 on them when they did not believeH539, And the lightH216 of my faceH6440 they did not castH5307 downH5307.25I choseH977 a wayH1870 for them and satH3427 as 35chiefH7218, And dweltH7931 as a kingH4428 among the troopsH1416, As one whoH3512 36comfortedH5162 the mournersH57.

Notes

1. Job 29:1 Num 23:7; 24:3; Job 13:12; 27:1 ↩
2. Job 29:2 Jer 31:28 ↩
3. Job 29:3 Job 18:6 ↩
4. Job 29:3 Job 11:17 ↩
5. Job 29:4 Lit the days of my autumn ↩
6. Job 29:4 Lit counsel ↩
7. Job 29:4 Job 15:8; Ps 25:14; Prov 3:32 ↩
8. Job 29:5 Heb Shaddai ↩
9. Job 29:6 Deut 32:14; Job 20:17 ↩
10. Job 29:6 Deut 32:13; Ps 81:16 ↩
11. Job 29:7 Job 31:21 ↩
12. Job 29:7 Lit set up ↩
13. Job 29:9 Job 29:21 ↩
14. Job 29:9 Job 21:5 ↩
15. Job 29:10 Lit hidden ↩
16. Job 29:10 Job 29:22 ↩
17. Job 29:10 Ps 137:6 ↩
18. Job 29:11 Job 4:3, 4 ↩
19. Job 29:12 Job 24:4, 9; 34:28; Ps 72:12; Prov 21:13 ↩
20. Job 29:12 Job 31:17, 21 ↩
21. Job 29:13 Job 31:19 ↩
22. Job 29:13 Job 22:9 ↩
23. Job 29:14 Job 27:5, 6; Ps 132:9; Is 59:17; 61:10; Eph 6:14 ↩
24. Job 29:15 Num 10:31 ↩
25. Job 29:16 Job 24:4; Prov 29:7 ↩
26. Job 29:17 Ps 3:7 ↩
27. Job 29:18 Lit said ↩
28. Job 29:18 Lit with ↩
29. Job 29:19 Jer 17:8 ↩
30. Job 29:19 Hos 14:5 ↩
31. Job 29:20 Gen 49:24; Ps 18:34 ↩
32. Job 29:21 Job 4:3; 29:9 ↩
33. Job 29:22 Job 29:10 ↩
34. Job 29:22 Deut 32:2 ↩
35. Job 29:25 Job 1:3; 31:37 ↩
36. Job 29:25 Job 4:4; 16:5 ↩

Job’s Past Was Glorious

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