Job 29

1 and to add: again Job to lift: loud proverb his and to say

Job again took up his parable, and said,

2 who? to give: if only! me like/as month front: old like/as day god to keep: guard me

"Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;

3 in/on/with to shine he lamp his upon head my to/for light his to go: walk darkness

when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

4 like/as as which to be in/on/with day autumn my in/on/with counsel god upon tent my

as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was in my tent,

5 in/on/with still Almighty with me me around me youth my

when Shaddai was yet with me, and my children were around me,

6 in/on/with to wash: wash step my in/on/with heat and rock to pour with me me stream oil

when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,

7 in/on/with to come out: come I gate upon town in/on/with street/plaza to establish: prepare seat my

when I went forth to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.

8 to see: see me youth and to hide and aged to arise: rise to stand: stand

The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.

9 ruler to restrain in/on/with speech and palm to set: put to/for lip their

The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

10 voice leader to hide and tongue their to/for palate their to cleave

The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

11 for ear to hear: hear and to bless me and eye to see: see and to testify me

For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it commended me:

12 for to escape afflicted to cry and orphan and not to help to/for him

Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had none to help him,

13 blessing to perish upon me to come (in): come and heart widow to sing

the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

14 righteousness to clothe and to clothe me like/as robe and turban justice my

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

15 eye to be to/for blind and foot to/for lame I

I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.

16 father I to/for needy and strife not to know to search him

I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I did not know, I searched out.

17 and to break [emph?] jaw unjust and from tooth his to throw prey

I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

18 and to say with nest my to die and like/as sand to multiply day

Then I said, 'I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand.

19 root my to open to(wards) water and dew to lodge in/on/with foliage my

My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.

20 glory my new with me me and bow my in/on/with hand my to pass

My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.'

21 to/for me to hear: hear and to wait: wait and to silence: silent upon counsel my

"Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.

22 after word: speaking my not to repeat and upon them to drip/prophesy speech my

After my words they did not speak again. My speech fell on them.

23 and to wait: wait like/as rain to/for me and lip their to open to/for spring rain

They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

24 to laugh to(wards) them not be faithful and light face my not to fall: fall [emph?]

I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They did not reject the light of my face.

25 to choose way: conduct their and to dwell head: leader and to dwell like/as king in/on/with band like/as as which mourning to be sorry: comfort

I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.