Job bemoaneth himself of his former prosperity and honour.
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  29:1 ¶
And Job continued and said in his parable, |
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29:1 ¶
Moreover°
Job°
continued°°°°
his parable,°
and said,°° |
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29:2
Oh that I were as in months past, wherein God preserved me! |
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29:2
Oh that°°°
I were°
as [in] months°
past,°
as [in] the days°
[when] Eloah°
preserved°°
me; |
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29:3
As when his lamp shone over my head; when by his light I walked through darkness. |
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29:3
When his candle°
shined°°
upon°
my head,°
[and when] by his light°
I walked°°°
[through] darkness;° |
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29:4
[As] when I steadfastly pursued my ways, when God took care of my house. |
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29:4
As°
I was°
in the days°
of my youth,°
when the secret°
of Eloah°
[was] upon°
my tabernacle;° |
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29:5
When I was very fruitful, and my children were about me; |
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29:5
When Shaddai°
[was] yet°
with°
me, [when] my children°
[were] about°
me; |
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29:6
when my ways were moistened with butter, and the mountains flowed for me with milk. |
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29:6
When I washed°°
my steps°
with butter,°
and the rock°
poured me out°°°
rivers°
of oil;° |
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29:7
When I went forth early in the city, and the seat was placed for me in the streets. |
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29:7
When I went out°°
to the gate°
through°
the city,°
[when] I prepared°°
my seat°
in the street!° |
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29:8
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and all the old men stood up. |
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29:8
The young men°
saw°°
me, and hid°°
themselves:°
and the aged°
arose,°°
[and] stood up.°° |
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29:9
And the great men ceased speaking, and laid their finger on their mouth. |
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29:9
The princes°
refrained°°
talking,°
and laid°°
[their] hand°
on their mouth.° |
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29:10
And they that heard [me] blessed me, and their tongue clave to their throat. |
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29:10
The nobles°
held°°
their peace,°
and their tongue°
cleaved°°
to the roof of their mouth.° |
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29:11
For the ear heard, and blessed me; and the eye saw me, and turned aside. |
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29:11
When°
the ear°
heard°°
[me], then it blessed°°
me; and when the eye°
saw°°
[me], it gave witness°°
to me: |
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29:12
For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper. |
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29:12
Because°
I delivered°°
the poor°
that cried,°°
and the fatherless,°
and [him that had] none°
to help°°
him. |
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29:13
Let the blessing of the perishing one come upon me; yea, the mouth of the widow has blessed me. |
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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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29:14
Also I put on righteousness, and clothed myself with judgment like a mantle. |
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29:14
I put°°
on°
righteousness,°
and it clothed°°
me: my judgment°
[was] as a robe°
and a diadem.° |
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29:15
I was the eye of the blind, and the foot of the lame. |
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29:15
I was°
eyes°
to the blind,°
and feet°
[was] I°
to the lame.° |
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29:16
I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not. |
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29:16
I°
[was] a father°
to the poor:°
and the cause°
[which] I knew°°
not°
I searched out.°° |
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29:17
And I broke the jaw-teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth. |
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29:17
And I brake°°
the jaws°
of the wicked,°
and plucked°°
the spoil°
out of his teeth.°° |
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29:18
And I said, My age shall continue as the stem of a palm-tree; I shall live a long while. |
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29:18
Then I said,°°
I shall die°°
in°
my nest,°
and I shall multiply°°
[my] days°
as the sand.° |
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29:19
[My] root was spread out by the water, and the dew would lodge on my crop. |
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29:19
My root°
[was] spread out°°
by°
the waters,°
and the dew°
lay all night°°
upon my branch.° |
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29:20
My glory was fresh in me, and by bow prospered in his hand. |
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29:20
My glory°
[was] fresh°
in°
me,°
and my bow°
was renewed°°
in my hand.° |
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29:21
[Men] heard me, and gave heed, and they were silent at my counsel. |
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29:21
Unto me [men] gave ear,°°
and waited,°°
and kept silence°°
at°
my counsel.° |
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29:22
At my word they spoke not again, and they were very gland whenever I spoke to them. |
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29:22
After°
my words°
they spake not again;°°°
and my speech°
dropped°°
upon°
them. |
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29:23
As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, so they [waited for] my speech. |
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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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29:24
Were I to laugh on them, they would not believe [it]; and the light of my face has not failed. |
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29:24
[If] I laughed°°
on°
them, they believed°°
[it] not;°
and the light°
of my countenance°
they cast not down.°°° |
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29:25
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the midst of warriors, as one comforting mourners. |
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29:25
I chose°°
out°
their way,°
and sat°°
chief,°
and dwelt°°
as a king°
in the army,°
as°
one [that] comforteth°°
the mourners.° |
