29:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
29:1 Job further continued his discourse, and said:

29:2 Oh that I were as [in] months past, as [in] the days [when] God preserved me;
29:2 Oh, that I were as in months past, As in the days when God watched over me;

29:3 When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness;
29:3 When His lamp shone upon my head, And when by His light I walked through darkness;

29:4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God [was] upon my tabernacle;
29:4 Just as I was in the days of my prime, When the friendly counsel of God was over my tent;

29:5 When the Almighty [was] yet with me, [when] my children [were] about me;
29:5 When the Almighty was yet with me, When my children were around me;

29:6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
29:6 When my steps were bathed with cream, And the rock poured out rivers of oil for me!

29:7 When I went out to the gate through the city, [when] I prepared my seat in the street!
29:7 "When I went out to the gate by the city, When I took my seat in the open square,

29:8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, [and] stood up.
29:8 The young men saw me and hid, And the aged arose and stood;

29:9 The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their mouth.
29:9 The princes refrained from talking, And put their hand on their mouth;

29:10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
29:10 The voice of nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

29:11 When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:
29:11 When the ear heard, then it blessed me, And when the eye saw, then it approved me;

29:12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.
29:12 Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper.

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.
29:13 The blessing of a perishing man came upon me, And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.
29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban.

29:15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame.
29:15 I was eyes to the blind, And I was feet to the lame.

29:16 I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.
29:16 I was a father to the poor, And I searched out the case that I did not know.

29:17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
29:17 I broke the fangs of the wicked, And plucked the victim from his teeth.

29:18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply [my] days as the sand.
29:18 "Then I said, 'I shall die in my nest, And multiply my days as the sand.

29:19 My root [was] spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
29:19 My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lies all night on my branch.

29:20 My glory [was] fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
29:20 My glory is fresh within me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.'

29:21 Unto me [men] gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
29:21 "Men listened to me and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.

29:22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
29:22 After my words they did not speak again, And my speech settled on them as dew.

29:23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.
29:23 They waited for me as for the rain, And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.

29:24 [If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
29:24 If I mocked at them, they did not believe it, And the light of my countenance they did not cast down.

29:25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one [that] comforteth the mourners.
29:25 I chose the way for them, and sat as chief; So I dwelt as a king in the army, As one who comforts mourners.