Job 29
1 and to add: again Job to lift: loud proverb his and to say
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2 who? to give: if only! me like/as month front: old like/as day god to keep: guard me
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
3 in/on/with to shine he lamp his upon head my to/for light his to go: walk darkness
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
4 like/as as which to be in/on/with day autumn my in/on/with counsel god upon tent my
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
5 in/on/with still Almighty with me me around me youth my
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
6 in/on/with to wash: wash step my in/on/with heat and rock to pour with me me stream oil
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
7 in/on/with to come out: come I gate upon town in/on/with street/plaza to establish: prepare seat my
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
8 to see: see me youth and to hide and aged to arise: rise to stand: stand
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
9 ruler to restrain in/on/with speech and palm to set: put to/for lip their
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
10 voice leader to hide and tongue their to/for palate their to cleave
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
11 for ear to hear: hear and to bless me and eye to see: see and to testify me
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
12 for to escape afflicted to cry and orphan and not to help to/for him
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
13 blessing to perish upon me to come (in): come and heart widow to sing
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
14 righteousness to clothe and to clothe me like/as robe and turban justice my
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
15 eye to be to/for blind and foot to/for lame I
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
16 father I to/for needy and strife not to know to search him
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
17 and to break [emph?] jaw unjust and from tooth his to throw prey
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
18 and to say with nest my to die and like/as sand to multiply day
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
19 root my to open to(wards) water and dew to lodge in/on/with foliage my
My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
20 glory my new with me me and bow my in/on/with hand my to pass
My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
21 to/for me to hear: hear and to wait: wait and to silence: silent upon counsel my
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
22 after word: speaking my not to repeat and upon them to drip/prophesy speech my
After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
23 and to wait: wait like/as rain to/for me and lip their to open to/for spring rain
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
24 to laugh to(wards) them not be faithful and light face my not to fall: fall [emph?]
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
25 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
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforts the mourners.
