Job 29 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Job's Past Was Glorious

Job 29:1

Job 29:1And Job again took up his discourse and said,

Job 29:2

Job 29:2“Oh that I were as in months gone by,
As in the days when God watched over me;

Job 29:3

Job 29:3When His lamp shone over my head,
And by His light I walked through darkness;

Job 29:4

Job 29:4As I was in [fn]the prime of my days,
When the [fn]friendship of God was over my tent;

Job 29:5

Job 29:5When [fn]the Almighty was yet with me,
And my children were around me;

Job 29:6

Job 29:6When my steps were bathed in butter,
And the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

Job 29:7

Job 29:7“When I went out to the gate of the city,
When I [fn]took my seat in the square,

Job 29:8

Job 29:8The young men saw me and hid themselves,
And the old men arose and stood.

Job 29:9

Job 29:9“The princes stopped talking
And put their hands on their mouths;

Job 29:10

Job 29:10The voice of the nobles was [fn]hushed,
And their tongue stuck to their palate.

Job 29:11

Job 29:11“For when the ear heard, it called me blessed,
And when the eye saw, it gave witness of me,

Job 29:12

Job 29:12Because I delivered the poor who cried for help,
And the orphan who had no helper.

Job 29:13

Job 29:13“The blessing of the one ready to perish came upon me,
And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

Job 29:14

Job 29:14“I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
My justice was like a robe and a turban.

Job 29:15

Job 29:15“I was eyes to the blind
And feet to the lame.

Job 29:16

Job 29:16“I was a father to the needy,
And I investigated the case which I did not know.

Job 29:17

Job 29:17“I broke the jaws of the wicked
And snatched the prey from his teeth.

Job 29:18

Job 29:18“Then I [fn]thought, ‘I shall die [fn]in my nest,
And I shall multiply my days as the sand.

Job 29:19

Job 29:19‘My root is spread out to the waters,
And dew lies all night on my branch.

Job 29:20

Job 29:20‘My glory is ever new with me,
And my bow is renewed in my hand.’

Job 29:21

Job 29:21“To me they listened and waited,
And kept silent for my counsel.

Job 29:22

Job 29:22“After my words they did not speak again,
And my speech dropped on them.

Job 29:23

Job 29:23“They waited for me as for the rain,
And opened their mouth as for the spring rain.

Job 29:24

Job 29:24“I smiled on them when they did not believe,
And the light of my face they did not cast down.

Job 29:25

Job 29:25“I chose a way for them and sat as chief,
And dwelt as a king among the troops,
As one who comforted the mourners.

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NASB95 Footnotes

(29:4)

Literally: the days of my autumn

Literally: counsel

Hebrew: Shaddai

Literally: set up

Literally: hidden

Literally: said

Literally: with

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