< Job 29 >
1 And he repeated Job to take up discourse his and he said.
and to add: again Job to lift: loud proverb his and to say
2 Who? will he give me like months of long ago like [the] days [when] God he watched over me.
who? to give: if only! me like/as month front: old like/as day god to keep: guard me
3 When made shine he lamp his over head my to light his I walked darkness.
in/on/with to shine he lamp his upon head my to/for light his to go: walk darkness
4 Just as I was in [the] days of prime my in [the] intimacy of God on tent my.
like/as as which to be in/on/with day autumn my in/on/with counsel god upon tent my
5 While still [the] Almighty [was] with me [were] around me lads my.
in/on/with still Almighty with me me around me youth my
6 When bathed steps my in curd and a rock it poured out beside 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 went out I [the] gate on [the] town in the public square I prepared seat my.
in/on/with to come out: come I gate upon town in/on/with street/plaza to establish: prepare seat my
8 They saw me young men and they hid themselves and old [men] they rose they stood.
to see: see me youth and to hide and aged to arise: rise to stand: stand
9 Chiefs they restrained words and a hand they put to mouth their.
ruler to restrain in/on/with speech and palm to set: put to/for lip their
10 [the] voice of Nobles they were hidden and tongue their to palate their it stuck.
voice leader to hide and tongue their to/for palate their to cleave
11 For an ear it heard and it called blessed me and an eye it saw and it bore witness to me.
for ear to hear: hear and to bless me and eye to see: see and to testify me
12 That I rescued [the] afflicted [who] cried for help and [the] fatherless and [the one whom] not a helper [belonged] to him.
for to escape afflicted to cry and orphan and not to help to/for him
13 [the] blessing of [one] about to perish On me it came and [the] heart of a widow I made sing for joy.
blessing to perish upon me to come (in): come and heart widow to sing
14 Righteousness I put on and it clothed me [was] like a robe and a turban justice my.
righteousness to clothe and to clothe me like/as robe and turban justice my
15 Eyes I was to the blind and [was] feet to the lame I.
eye to be to/for blind and foot to/for lame I
16 [was] a father I to the needy [people] and a case at law of [the one whom] not I knew I investigated it.
father I to/for needy and strife not to know to search him
17 And I broke! [the] jaws of [the] unrighteous and from teeth his I threw [the] prey.
and to break [emph?] jaw unjust and from tooth his to throw prey
18 And I said with nest my I will expire and like sand I will increase days.
and to say with nest my to die and like/as sand to multiply day
19 Root my [is] opened to water and dew it will remain overnight on branch[es] my.
root my to open to(wards) water and dew to lodge in/on/with foliage my
20 Honor my [is] new with me and bow my in hand my it will show newness.
glory my new with me me and bow my in/on/with hand my to pass
21 To me people listened and they waited and they may be silent for counsel my.
to/for me to hear: hear and to wait: wait and to silence: silent upon counsel my
22 After word my not they repeated and on them it dropped speech my.
after word: speaking my not to repeat and upon them to drip/prophesy speech my
23 And they waited like the rain for me and mouth their they opened wide for spring rain.
and to wait: wait like/as rain to/for me and lip their to open to/for spring rain
24 I laughed to them not they believed and [the] light of face my not they made fall!
to laugh to(wards) them not be faithful and light face my not to fall: fall [emph?]
25 I chose way their so I may sit [as] chief so I may dwell like a king among the troop[s] just as mourners someone comforts.
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