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Job 29 :: New English Translation (NET)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:1 - Then Job continued his speech:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:2 - "O that I could be as I was in the months now gone, in the days when God watched over me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3 - when he caused his lamp to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:4 - just as I was in my most productive time, when God's intimate friendship was experienced in my tent,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:5 - when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:6 - when my steps were bathed with butter and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:7 - When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:8 - the young men would see me and step aside, and the old men would get up and remain standing;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:9 - the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:10 - the voices of the nobles fell silent, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:11 - "As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 - for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:13 - the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow's heart rejoice;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:14 - I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:15 - I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:16 - I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:17 - I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:18 - "Then I thought, 'I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:19 - My roots reach the water, and the dew lies on my branches all night long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:20 - My glory will always be fresh in me, and my bow ever new in my hand.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:21 - "People listened to me and waited silently; they kept silent for my advice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:22 - After I had spoken, they did not respond; my words fell on them drop by drop.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:23 - They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:24 - If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it; and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:25 - I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I lived like a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.
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Job Chapter 29 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras