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Job 29:1–31:40 Chapters 29–31 conclude the dialogues with Job’s reflections on his current and future state.
Job 29:2–6 Job recalls a time when he felt as if he were in his prime, as the friendship of God was evident on his household (v. 5) as well as his flocks and fields (v. 6).
Job 29:6 washed with butter. Job was renowned for his cattle and his olive groves.
Job 29:7–25 Job looks back on what he had thought the course of his life would be. He had seen it as a well-rooted tree that would continue to bear fruit, benefiting himself and others (vv. 18–20). For similar images of the benefits of a faithful life, see Ps. 1:3; Prov. 3:13–18; Jer. 17:7–8.
Job 29:11–13 The blessing that Job received from others reflected the blessing he had been to those who had no one to help them and who needed to be delivered.
Job 29:14–16 Job used his possessions and influence to provide what others could not provide for themselves.
Job 29:16 searched out the cause. Job took up legal cases even when there could be no possible benefit for him in doing so.
Job 29:17 Job describes his actions on behalf of the needy as breaking the fangs of the unrighteous. He uncovered the traps of the wicked for their prey, the poor.
Job 29:20 The life of wisdom brings internal strength (my glory) and external vigor (my bow).
Job 29:21–22 Unlike the present, when his three friends challenge his every word, there was a time when people recognized Job’s wisdom and after he spoke they did not speak again.
Job 29:24 As one who worked for righteousness and justice (vv. 12–17), the smile and light of Job’s face encouraged those without hope and reflected God’s character and presence (see “lamp” and “light” in v. 3).
Job 29:25 While Job had once been like one who comforts mourners, his three friends had set out to comfort him (2:11) but ended up accusing him instead.
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