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Job 29 – New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Job’s Past Was Glorious

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:1 -

Job H347 again H3254 took H5375 up H5375 his discourse H4912 and said H559,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:2 -

“Oh H4310 H5414 that H4310 H5414 I were as in months H3391 gone H6924 by H6924,

As in the days H3117 when God H433 watched H8104 over me;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3 -

When His lamp H5216 shone H1984 over H5921 my head H7218,

And by His light H216 I walked H1980 through darkness H2822;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:4 -

Just H834 as H834 I was in the days H3117 of my youth H2779,

When the protection H5526 of God H433 was over H5921 my tent H168;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:5 -

When [fn]the Almighty H7706 was still H5750 with me,

And my children H5288 were around H5439 me;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:6 -

When my steps H1978 were bathed H7364 in cream H2529,

And the rock H6697 poured H6694 out H6694 streams H6388 of oil H8081 for me!

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:7 -

“When I went H3318 out H3318 to the gate H8179 of the city H7176,

When I [fn]took H3559 my seat H4186 in the public H7339 square H7339,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:8 -

The young H5288 men H5288 saw H7200 me and hid H2244 themselves,

And the old H3453 men H3453 arose H6965 and stood H5975.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:9 -

“The leaders H8269 stopped H6113 talking H4405

And put H7760 their hands H3709 on their mouths H6310;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:10 -

The voices H6963 of the prominent H5057 people H5057 were [fn]hushed H2244,

And their tongues H3956 stuck H1692 to their palates H2441.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:11 -

“For when an ear H241 heard H8085, it called H833 me blessed H833,

And when an eye H5869 saw H7200, it testified H5749 in H5749 support H5749 of H5749 me,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 -

Because H3588 I saved H4422 the poor H6041 who cried H7768 for H7768 help H7768,

And the orphan H3490 who had no H3808 helper H5826.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:13 -

“The blessing H1293 of the one who was about to perish H6 came H935 upon me,

And I made the widow’s H490 heart H3820 sing H7442 for H7442 joy H7442.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:14 -

“I put H3847 on H3847 righteousness H6664, and it clothed H3847 me;

My justice H4941 was like a robe H4598 and a headband H6797.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:15 -

“I was eyes H5869 to those who were blind H5787,

And feet H7272 to those who [fn]could H6455 not H6455 walk H6455.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:16 -

“I was a father H1 to the poor H34,

And I investigated H2713 the case H7379 which I did not know H3045.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:17 -

“I broke H7665 the jaws H4973 of the wicked H5767

And rescued H7993 the prey H2964 from his teeth H8127.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:18 -

“Then I [fn]thought H559, ‘I will die H1478 with my [fn]family H7064,

And I will multiply H7235 my days H3117 as the sand H2344.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:19 -

‘My root H8328 is spread H6605 out H6605 to the waters H4325,

And dew H2919 lies H3885 on my branch H7105 all H3885 night H3885.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:20 -

‘My glory H3519 is ever new H2319 with me,

And my bow H7198 is renewed H2498 in my hand H3027.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:21 -

“To me they listened H8085 and waited H3176,

And they kept H1826 silent H1826 for my advice H6098.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:22 -

“After H310 my words H1697 they did H8138 not speak again H8138,

And my speech H4405 dropped H5197 on them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:23 -

“They waited H3176 for me as for the rain H4306,

And opened H6473 their mouths H6310 as for the late H4456 rain H4456.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:24 -

“I smiled H7832 at them when they did not believe H539,

And they did not look H5307 at H5307 [fn]my kindness H216 H6440 ungraciously H5307.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:25 -

“I chose H977 a way H1870 for them and sat H3427 as chief H7218,

And lived H7931 as a king H4428 among the troops H1416,

As one who H834 comforted H5162 the mourners H57.

NASB20 Footnotes
Heb Shaddai
Lit set up
Lit hidden
Or limped
Lit said
Lit nest
Lit the light of my face
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