Job 29
1 And Job again took up his parable, and said:
and to add: again Job to lift: loud proverb his and to say
2 Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
who? to give: if only! me like/as month front: old like/as day god to keep: guard me
3 When His lamp shined above 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 converse of God was upon 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, and my children were about me;
in/on/with still Almighty with me me around me youth my
6 When my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured me out 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 forth to the gate unto the city, when I prepared my seat in the broad place,
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 rose up and stood;
to see: see me youth and to hide and aged to arise: rise to stand: stand
9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their 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 the roof of their mouth.
voice leader to hide and tongue their to/for palate their to cleave
11 For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me;
for ear to hear: hear and to bless me and eye to see: see and to testify me
12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless also, that had none to help him.
for to escape afflicted to cry and orphan and not to help to/for him
13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish 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 itself with me; my justice was as a robe and a diadem.
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 of him that 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 prey out of his teeth.
and to break [emph?] jaw unjust and from tooth his to throw prey
18 Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;
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 shall lie all night upon 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 shall be renewed in my hand.'
glory my new with me me and bow my in/on/with hand my to pass
21 Unto me men gave ear, 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 the light of my countenance they cast not down.
to laugh to(wards) them not be faithful and light face my not to fall: fall [emph?]
25 I chose out their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the 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
