American Standard Version - King James Version

 29:1 ¶ And Job again took up his parable, and said,

 29:1 ¶ Moreoverº Jobº continuedºººº his parable,º and said,ºº

 29:2 Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;

 29:2 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;

 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;

 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;

 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!

 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,

 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;

 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;

 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.

 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:

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 29:15 I wasº eyesº to the blind,º and feetº [was] Iº to the lame.º

 29:16 I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

 29:16 Iº [was] a fatherº to the poor:º and the causeº [which] I knewºº notº I searched out.ºº

 29:17 And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.

 29:17 And I brakeºº the jawsº of the wicked,º and pluckedºº the spoilº out of his teeth.ºº

 29:18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:

 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;

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 29:24 [If] I laughedºº onº them, they believedºº [it] not;º and the lightº of my countenanceº they cast not down.ººº

 29:25 I chose out their way, and sat [as] chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners.

 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