Job 29
1 and to add: again Job to lift: loud proverb his and to say
And Job continued and said in his parable,
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, wherein God preserved me!
3 in/on/with to shine he lamp his upon head my to/for light his to go: walk darkness
As when his lamp shone over my head; 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] when I steadfastly pursued my ways, when God took care of my house.
5 in/on/with still Almighty with me me around me youth my
When I was very fruitful, and 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 my ways were moistened with butter, and the mountains flowed for me with milk.
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 forth early in the city, and the seat was placed for me in the streets.
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 all the old men stood up.
9 ruler to restrain in/on/with speech and palm to set: put to/for lip their
And the great men ceased speaking, and laid their finger on their mouth.
10 voice leader to hide and tongue their to/for palate their to cleave
And they that heard [me] blessed me, and their tongue clave to their throat.
11 for ear to hear: hear and to bless me and eye to see: see and to testify me
For the ear heard, and blessed me; and the eye saw me, and turned aside.
12 for to escape afflicted to cry and orphan and not to help to/for him
For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper.
13 blessing to perish upon me to come (in): come and heart widow to sing
Let the blessing of the perishing one come upon me; yes, the mouth of the widow has blessed me.
14 righteousness to clothe and to clothe me like/as robe and turban justice my
Also I put on righteousness, and clothed myself with judgment like a mantle.
15 eye to be to/for blind and foot to/for lame I
I was the eye of the blind, and the foot of the lame.
16 father I to/for needy and strife not to know to search him
I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not.
17 and to break [emph?] jaw unjust and from tooth his to throw prey
And I broke the jaw teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.
18 and to say with nest my to die and like/as sand to multiply day
And I said, My age shall continue as the stem of a palm tree; I shall live a long while.
19 root my to open to(wards) water and dew to lodge in/on/with foliage my
[My] root was spread out by the water, and the dew would lodge on my crop.
20 glory my new with me me and bow my in/on/with hand my to pass
My glory was fresh in me, and by bow prospered in his hand.
21 to/for me to hear: hear and to wait: wait and to silence: silent upon counsel my
[Men] heard me, and gave heed, and they were silent at my counsel.
22 after word: speaking my not to repeat and upon them to drip/prophesy speech my
At my word they spoke not again, and they were very gland whenever I spoke to them.
23 and to wait: wait like/as rain to/for me and lip their to open to/for spring rain
As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, so they [waited for] my speech.
24 to laugh to(wards) them not be faithful and light face my not to fall: fall [emph?]
Were I to laugh on them, they would not believe [it]; and the light of my face has not failed.
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 lived as a king in the midst of warriors, as one comforting mourners.
