Job 29
1 And Job continued his parable and said,
and to add: again Job to lift: loud proverb his and to say
2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
who? to give: if only! me like/as month front: old like/as day god to keep: guard me
3 When his lamp shone over my head, [and] by his light I walked through darkness;
in/on/with to shine he lamp his upon head my to/for light his to go: walk darkness
4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret counsel of God was over my tent,
like/as as which to be in/on/with day autumn my in/on/with counsel god upon tent my
5 When the Almighty was yet with me, my young men round about me;
in/on/with still Almighty with me me around me youth my
6 When my steps were bathed in milk, and the rock poured out beside me rivers of oil! ...
in/on/with to wash: wash step my in/on/with heat and rock to pour with me me stream oil
7 When I went out to the gate by the city, when I prepared my seat on the broadway,
in/on/with to come out: come I gate upon town in/on/with street/plaza to establish: prepare seat my
8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves; and the aged arose [and] stood up;
to see: see me youth and to hide and aged to arise: rise to stand: stand
9 Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth;
ruler to restrain in/on/with speech and palm to set: put to/for lip their
10 The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to their palate.
voice leader to hide and tongue their to/for palate their to cleave
11 When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me, and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me;
for ear to hear: hear and to bless me and eye to see: see and to testify me
12 For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper.
for to escape afflicted to cry and orphan and not to help to/for him
13 The blessing of him that was perishing came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
blessing to perish upon me to come (in): come and heart widow to sing
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was as a mantle and a turban.
righteousness to clothe and to clothe me like/as robe and turban justice my
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame;
eye to be to/for blind and foot to/for lame I
16 I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;
father I to/for needy and strife not to know to search him
17 And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
and to break [emph?] jaw unjust and from tooth his to throw prey
18 And I said, I shall die in my nest, and multiply my days as the sand;
and to say with nest my to die and like/as sand to multiply day
19 My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew will lie all night on my branch;
root my to open to(wards) water and dew to lodge in/on/with foliage my
20 My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow be renewed in my hand.
glory my new with me me and bow my in/on/with hand my to pass
21 Unto me they listened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel:
to/for me to hear: hear and to wait: wait and to silence: silent upon counsel my
22 After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them;
after word: speaking my not to repeat and upon them to drip/prophesy speech my
23 And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
and to wait: wait like/as rain to/for me and lip their to open to/for spring rain
24 [If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.
to laugh to(wards) them not be faithful and light face my not to fall: fall [emph?]
25 I chose their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth mourners.
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
