Job 29
1 Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:
and to add: again Job to lift: loud proverb his and to say
2 O that I were as in months past, In the days when God was my guardian;
who? to give: if only! me like/as month front: old like/as day god to keep: guard me
3 When his lamp shined over my head, And when 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 autumn of my days, When the friendship 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, And my children were around me;
in/on/with still Almighty with me me around me youth my
6 When I bathed my steps in milk, 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 by the city, And took my seat in the market-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 arose and stood.
to see: see me youth and to hide and aged to arise: rise to stand: stand
9 The princes refrained from speaking, And laid their hand upon their mouth.
ruler to restrain in/on/with speech and palm to set: put to/for lip their
10 The nobles held their peace, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
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 poor, when they cried; And the fatherless, who 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 heart of the widow to sing for joy.
blessing to perish upon me to come (in): come and heart widow to sing
14 I clothed myself with righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; And justice was my robe and 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 poor, And the cause of him I knew not I searched out;
father I to/for needy and strife not to know to search him
17 And I broke the teeth of the wicked, And plucked the spoil from his jaws.
and to break [emph?] jaw unjust and from tooth his to throw prey
18 Then said I, “I shall die in my nest; I shall multiply my days as the sand.
and to say with nest my to die and like/as sand to multiply day
19 My root is spread abroad to the waters, And the dew abideth on my branches.
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 gathereth strength in my hand.”
glory my new with me me and bow my in/on/with hand my to pass
21 To 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 To my words they made no reply, When my speech dropped down upon them.
after word: speaking my not to repeat and upon them to drip/prophesy speech my
23 Yea, they waited for me as for the rain; They opened their mouths 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 smiled upon them, they believed it not; Nor did they cause the light of my countenance to fall.
to laugh to(wards) them not be faithful and light face my not to fall: fall [emph?]
25 When I came among them, I sat as chief; I dwelt as a king in the midst of an army, As a comforter among 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
