Job 29 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Job took up his theme again and said: And Job again took up his discourse, and said: Job continued his discourse:
2 Oh, that I were as in the months past, as in the days when God watched 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 While he kept his lamp shining above my head, and by his light I walked through 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 As I was in my flourishing days, when God sheltered my tent; 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 When the Almighty was still with me, and my children were round about 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 When my footsteps were bathed in cream, and the rock flowed with streams of oil. 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 Whenever I went out to the gate of the city and took my seat in the square, 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 young men saw me and withdrew, and the elders rose up and stood; 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 Officials refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands; 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 voice of the princes was silenced, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths. 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 blessed me; the eye that saw acclaimed 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 For I rescued the poor who cried out for help, the orphans, and the unassisted; 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 those in extremity came upon me, and the heart of the widow I made joyful. 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 wore my righteousness like a garment; justice was my robe and my turban. 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 eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame was I. 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 a father to the poor; the complaint of the stranger I pursued, 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 And I broke the jaws of the wicked man; from his teeth I forced the prey. 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 I said: “In my own nest I shall grow old; I shall multiply years like the phoenix. 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 is spread out to the waters; the dew rests by night on my branches. 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 is fresh within me, and my bow is renewed in 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 For me they listened and waited; they were silent for 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 Once I spoke, they said no more, but received my pronouncement drop by drop. 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 the rain; they drank in my words like the spring 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 When I smiled on them they could not believe it; they would not let the light of my face be dimmed. 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 I decided their course and sat at their head, I lived like a king among the troops, like one who comforts mourners. 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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