Job 29 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said: And Job again took up his discourse, and said: Job continued his discourse:
2 Who will grant to me that I might be as I was in former months, according to the days when God kept watch over me? “Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me, “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
3 At that time, his lamp shined over my head, and by his light, I walked through the darkness. when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness, when his lamp shone on my head and by his light I walked through darkness!
4 I was then just as in the days of my youth, when God was privately in my tabernacle. as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent, Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God’s intimate friendship blessed my house,
5 At that time, the Almighty was with me and my children surrounded me. when the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were all around me, when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
6 Then, I washed my feet with butter, and a boulder poured out rivers of oil for me. when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out for me streams of oil! when my path was drenched with cream and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil.
7 When I went to the gate of the city, or to the main street, they prepared a chair for me. When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the square, “When I went to the gate of the city and took my seat in the public square,
8 The youths saw me and hid themselves, and the elders, rising up, remained standing. the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose and stood; the young men saw me and stepped aside and the old men rose to their feet;
9 The leaders stopped talking, and they placed a finder over their mouth. the princes refrained from talking and laid their hand on their mouth; the chief men refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands;
10 The commanders subdued their voice, and their tongue adhered to their throat. the voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth. the voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
11 The ear that heard me, blessed me, and the eye that saw me, gave testimony for me. When the ear heard, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw, it approved, Whoever heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me commended me,
12 This was because I had freed the poor, who cried out, and the orphan, who had no helper. because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him. because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.
13 The blessing of him who would have been destroyed came upon me, and I consoled the heart of the widow. The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow’s heart sing.
14 I put on justice, and I clothed myself with my judgment, like a robe and a diadem. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban. I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.
15 I was an eye for the blind and a foot for the lame. I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame. I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.
16 I was the father of the poor; and if I lacked knowledge about any case, I investigated very diligently. I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know. I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.
17 I crushed the jaws of the impious, and I took away prey from his teeth. I broke the fangs of the unrighteous and made him drop his prey from his teeth. I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth.
18 And I said, “I will die in my little nest, and like a palm tree, I will multiply my days. Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand, “I thought, ‘I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.
19 My root has been spread beside the waters, and the dew will remain with my harvest. my roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches, My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.
20 My glory will always be restored, and my bow will be restored to my hand.” my glory fresh with me, and my bow ever new in my hand.’ My glory will not fade; the bow will be ever new in my hand.’
21 Those who heard me, expected vindication, and they listened closely in silence to my counsel. “Men listened to me and waited and kept silence for my counsel. “People listened to me expectantly, waiting in silence for my counsel.
22 To my words, they dared to add nothing, and my eloquence poured over them. After I spoke they did not speak again, and my word dropped upon them. After I had spoken, they spoke no more; my words fell gently on their ears.
23 They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for belated rains. They waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain. They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain.
24 If I had ever laughed at them, they would not have believed it, and the light of my face was not cast down towards the ground. I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my face they did not cast down. When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it; the light of my face was precious to them.
25 If I wished to go to them, I sat down first, and, though I sat like a king surrounded by an army, yet I was a comforter to whose who mourned. I chose their way and sat as chief, and I lived like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners. I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I dwelt as a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.
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