Job bemoaneth himself of his former prosperity and honour.
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And Job again took up his parable, and said, |
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 29:1 ¶
Moreoverº
Jobº
continuedºººº
his parable,º
and said,ºº |
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Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me; |
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Oh thatººº
I wereº
as [in] monthsº
past,º
as [in] the daysº
[when] Godº
preservedºº
me; |
 29:3
When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness; |
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 29:3
When his candleº
shinedºº
uponº
my head,º
[and when] by his lightº
I walkedººº
[through] darkness;º |
 29:4
As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent; |
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 29:4
Asº
I wasº
in the daysº
of my youth,º
when the secretº
of Godº
[was] uponº
my tabernacle;º |
 29:5
When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me; |
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 29:5
When the Almightyº
[was] yetº
withº
me, [when] my childrenº
[were] aboutº
me; |
 29:6
When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil! |
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 29:6
When I washedºº
my stepsº
with butter,º
and the rockº
poured me outººº
riversº
of oil;º |
 29:7
When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street, |
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 29:7
When I went outºº
to the gateº
throughº
the city,º
[when] I preparedºº
my seatº
in the street!º |
 29:8
The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood; |
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 29:8
The young menº
sawºº
me, and hidºº
themselves:º
and the agedº
arose,ºº
[and] stood up.ºº |
 29:9
The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth; |
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 29:9
The princesº
refrainedºº
talking,º
and laidºº
[their] handº
on their mouth.º |
 29:10
The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. |
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 29:10
The noblesº
heldºº
their peace,º
and their tongueº
cleavedºº
to the roof of their mouth.º |
 29:11
For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; And when the eye saw [me], it gave witness unto me: |
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 29:11
Whenº
the earº
heardºº
[me], then it blessedºº
me; and when the eyeº
sawºº
[me], it gave witnessºº
to me: |
 29:12
Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him. |
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 29:12
Becauseº
I deliveredºº
the poorº
that cried,ºº
and the fatherless,º
and [him that had] noneº
to helpºº
him. |
 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. |
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 29:13
The blessingº
of him that was ready to perishºº
cameºº
uponº
me: and I caused the widow'sº
heartº
to sing for joy.ºº |
 29:14
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem. |
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 29:14
I putºº
onº
righteousness,º
and it clothedºº
me: my judgmentº
[was] as a robeº
and a diadem.º |
 29:15
I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame. |
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 29:15
I wasº
eyesº
to the blind,º
and feetº
[was] Iº
to the lame.º |
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I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out. |
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 29:16
Iº
[was] a fatherº
to the poor:º
and the causeº
[which] I knewºº
notº
I searched out.ºº |
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And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth. |
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 29:17
And I brakeºº
the jawsº
of the wicked,º
and pluckedºº
the spoilº
out of his teeth.ºº |
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Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand: |
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 29:18
Then I said,ºº
I shall dieºº
inº
my nest,º
and I shall multiplyºº
[my] daysº
as the sand.º |
 29:19
My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch; |
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 29:19
My rootº
[was] spread outºº
byº
the waters,º
and the dewº
lay all nightºº
upon my branch.º |
 29:20
My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand. |
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 29:20
My gloryº
[was] freshº
inº
me,º
and my bowº
was renewedºº
in my hand.º |
 29:21
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel. |
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 29:21
Unto me [men] gave ear,ºº
and waited,ºº
and kept silenceºº
atº
my counsel.º |
 29:22
After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them. |
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 29:22
Afterº
my wordsº
they spake not again;ººº
and my speechº
droppedºº
uponº
them. |
 29:23
And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain. |
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 29:23
And they waitedºº
for me as for the rain;º
and they openedºº
their mouthº
wide [as] for the latter rain.º |
 29:24
I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down. |
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 29:24
[If] I laughedºº
onº
them, they believedºº
[it] not;º
and the lightº
of my countenanceº
they cast not down.ººº |
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I chose out their way, and sat [as] chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners. |
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 29:25
I choseºº
outº
their way,º
and satºº
chief,º
and dweltºº
as a kingº
in the army,º
asº
one [that] comfortethºº
the mourners.º |