Job
Job
29:1
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
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Job
29:2
Oh that I were as [in] months past, as [in] the days [when] God preserved me;
Oh that I were as [in] months past, as [in] the days [when] God preserved me;
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Job
29:3
When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness;
When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness;
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Job
29:4
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God [was] upon my tabernacle;
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God [was] upon my tabernacle;
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Job
29:5
When the Almighty [was] yet with me, [when] my children [were] about me;
When the Almighty [was] yet with me, [when] my children [were] about me;
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Job
29:6
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
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Job
29:7
When I went out to the gate through the city, [when] I prepared my seat in the street!
When I went out to the gate through the city, [when] I prepared my seat in the street!
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Job
29:8
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, [and] stood up.
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, [and] stood up.
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Job
29:9
The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their mouth.
The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their mouth.
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Job
29:10
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
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Job
29:11
When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:
When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:
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Job
29:12
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.
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Job
29:13
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
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Job
29:14
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.
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Job
29:15
I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame.
I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame.
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Job
29:16
I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.
I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.
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Job
29:17
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
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Job
29:18
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply [my] days as the sand.
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply [my] days as the sand.
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Job
29:19
My root [was] spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
My root [was] spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
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Job
29:20
My glory [was] fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
My glory [was] fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
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Job
29:21
Unto me [men] gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
Unto me [men] gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
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Job
29:22
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
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Job
29:23
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.
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Job
29:24
[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Job
Job
29:25
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one [that] comforteth the mourners.
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one [that] comforteth the mourners.
