Job 29
1 And Job adds to lift up his allegory and says:
and to add: again Job to lift: loud proverb his and to say
2 “Who makes me as [in] months past, As [in] the days of God’s preserving me?
who? to give: if only! me like/as month front: old like/as day god to keep: guard me
3 In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk [through] darkness.
in/on/with to shine he lamp his upon head my to/for light his to go: walk darkness
4 As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God on my tent.
like/as as which to be in/on/with day autumn my in/on/with counsel god upon tent my
5 When yet the Mighty One [is] with me. Around me—my young ones,
in/on/with still Almighty with me me around me youth my
6 When washing my goings with butter, And the firm rock [is] with me—streams 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 go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.
in/on/with to come out: come I gate upon town in/on/with street/plaza to establish: prepare seat my
8 Youths have seen me, and they have been hidden, And the aged have risen—they stood up.
to see: see me youth and to hide and aged to arise: rise to stand: stand
9 Princes have kept in words, And they place a hand on their mouth.
ruler to restrain in/on/with speech and palm to set: put to/for lip their
10 The voice of leaders has been hidden, And their tongue has cleaved to the palate.
voice leader to hide and tongue their to/for palate their to cleave
11 For the ear heard, and declares me blessed, And the eye has seen, and testifies [to] me.
for ear to hear: hear and to bless me and eye to see: see and to testify me
12 For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who has no helper.
for to escape afflicted to cry and orphan and not to help to/for him
13 The blessing of the perishing comes on me, And I cause the heart of the widow to sing.
blessing to perish upon me to come (in): come and heart widow to sing
14 I have put on righteousness, and it clothes me, My justice as a robe and a crown.
righteousness to clothe and to clothe me like/as robe and turban justice my
15 I have been eyes to the blind, And I [am] feet to the lame.
eye to be to/for blind and foot to/for lame I
16 I [am] a father to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
father I to/for needy and strife not to know to search him
17 And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.
and to break [emph?] jaw unjust and from tooth his to throw prey
18 And I say, I expire with my nest, And I multiply days as the sand.
and to say with nest my to die and like/as sand to multiply day
19 My root is open to the waters, And dew lodges on my branch.
root my to open to(wards) water and dew to lodge in/on/with foliage my
20 My glory [is] fresh with me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.
glory my new with me me and bow my in/on/with hand my to pass
21 They have listened to me, Indeed, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.
to/for me to hear: hear and to wait: wait and to silence: silent upon counsel my
22 After my word they do not change, And my speech drops on them,
after word: speaking my not to repeat and upon them to drip/prophesy speech my
23 And they wait for me as [for] rain, And they have opened wide their mouth [As] for the spring rain.
and to wait: wait like/as rain to/for me and lip their to open to/for spring rain
24 I laugh at them—they give no credence, And do not cause the light of my face to fall.
to laugh to(wards) them not be faithful and light face my not to fall: fall [emph?]
25 I choose their way, and sit [as] head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When he comforts 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
