Job 29
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Job 29
Job Finishes His Defense
1 #
Job 13.12; 27.1 Job again took up his discourse and said:
2 #
Jer 31.28
“O that I were as in the months of old,
as in the days when God watched over me,
3 #
Job 11.17
when his lamp shone over my head,
and by his light I walked through darkness,
4 #
Ps 25.14
when I was in my prime,
when the friendship of God was upon my tent,
5when the Almighty#29.5 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai was still with me,
when my children were around me,
6 #
Deut 32.13, 14; Job 20.17 when my steps were washed with milk
and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
7When I went out to the gate of the city,
when I took my seat in the square,
8the young men saw me and withdrew,
and the aged rose up and stood;
9 #
v 21
; Job 21.5the nobles refrained from talking
and laid their hands on their mouths;
10 #
v 22
the voices of princes were hushed,
and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
11When the ear heard, it commended me,
and when the eye saw, it approved,
12 #
Job 31.16, 17, 21 because I delivered the poor who cried
and the orphan who had no helper.
13 #
Job 31.19, 20 The blessing of the wretched came upon me,
and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 #
Ps 132.9; Isa 59.17; 61.10; Eph 6.14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
my justice was like a robe and a turban.
15I was eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
16 #
Prov 29.7
I was a father to the needy,
and I championed the cause of the stranger.
17 #
Ps 3.7
I broke the fangs of the unrighteous
and made them drop their prey from their teeth.
18 #
Ps 30.6
Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest,
and I shall multiply my days like the phoenix;#29.18 Or like sand
19 #
Job 18.16; Jer 17.8 my roots spread out to the waters,
with the dew all night on my branches;
20 #
Gen 49.24; Ps 18.34 my glory was fresh with me
and my bow ever new in my hand.’
21 #
v 9
“They listened to me and waited
and kept silence for my counsel.
22 #
v 10
; Job 32.2After I spoke they did not speak again,
and my word dropped upon them like dew.#29.22 Heb lacks like dew
23They waited for me as for the rain;
they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.
24I smiled on them when they had no confidence,
and the light of my countenance they did not extinguish.#29.24 Meaning of Heb uncertain
25 #
Job 1.3; 4.4; 31.37 I chose what they should do and sat as chief,
and I lived like a king among his troops,
like one who comforts mourners.
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Job 29
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Job 29
Job Finishes His Defense
1 #
Job 13.12; 27.1 Job again took up his discourse and said:
2 #
Jer 31.28
“O that I were as in the months of old,
as in the days when God watched over me,
3 #
Job 11.17
when his lamp shone over my head,
and by his light I walked through darkness,
4 #
Ps 25.14
when I was in my prime,
when the friendship of God was upon my tent,
5when the Almighty#29.5 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai was still with me,
when my children were around me,
6 #
Deut 32.13, 14; Job 20.17 when my steps were washed with milk
and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
7When I went out to the gate of the city,
when I took my seat in the square,
8the young men saw me and withdrew,
and the aged rose up and stood;
9 #
v 21
; Job 21.5the nobles refrained from talking
and laid their hands on their mouths;
10 #
v 22
the voices of princes were hushed,
and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
11When the ear heard, it commended me,
and when the eye saw, it approved,
12 #
Job 31.16, 17, 21 because I delivered the poor who cried
and the orphan who had no helper.
13 #
Job 31.19, 20 The blessing of the wretched came upon me,
and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 #
Ps 132.9; Isa 59.17; 61.10; Eph 6.14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
my justice was like a robe and a turban.
15I was eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
16 #
Prov 29.7
I was a father to the needy,
and I championed the cause of the stranger.
17 #
Ps 3.7
I broke the fangs of the unrighteous
and made them drop their prey from their teeth.
18 #
Ps 30.6
Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest,
and I shall multiply my days like the phoenix;#29.18 Or like sand
19 #
Job 18.16; Jer 17.8 my roots spread out to the waters,
with the dew all night on my branches;
20 #
Gen 49.24; Ps 18.34 my glory was fresh with me
and my bow ever new in my hand.’
21 #
v 9
“They listened to me and waited
and kept silence for my counsel.
22 #
v 10
; Job 32.2After I spoke they did not speak again,
and my word dropped upon them like dew.#29.22 Heb lacks like dew
23They waited for me as for the rain;
they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.
24I smiled on them when they had no confidence,
and the light of my countenance they did not extinguish.#29.24 Meaning of Heb uncertain
25 #
Job 1.3; 4.4; 31.37 I chose what they should do and sat as chief,
and I lived like a king among his troops,
like one who comforts mourners.
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