Job 29
1 and to add: again Job to lift: loud proverb his and to say
And Job again took up his measure, and said,
2 who? to give: if only! me like/as month front: old like/as day god to keep: guard me
Oh that it were with me as in the months of old, as in the days, when, GOD, used to watch over me;
3 in/on/with to shine he lamp his upon head my to/for light his to go: walk darkness
When his lamp shone over my head, by whose light, I could go 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 prime, when, the intimacy of GOD, was over my tent;
5 in/on/with still Almighty with me me around me youth my
While yet the Almighty was with me, round about me, were my young men;
6 in/on/with to wash: wash step my in/on/with heat and rock to pour with me me stream oil
When my steps were bathed in milk, and, the rock, poured out beside me, rivulets 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 unto the city, in the open place, made ready my seat,
8 to see: see me youth and to hide and aged to arise: rise to stand: stand
Young men saw me, and hid themselves, and, the aged, arose—they stood;
9 ruler to restrain in/on/with speech and palm to set: put to/for lip their
Rulers, restrained speech, and, a hand, laid they on their mouth;
10 voice leader to hide and tongue their to/for palate their to cleave
The voice of nobles, was hushed, and their tongue to their palate, did cleave;
11 for ear to hear: hear and to bless me and eye to see: see and to testify me
When, the ear, heard, then it pronounced me happy, When, the eye, saw, then it bare me witness;
12 for to escape afflicted to cry and orphan and not to help to/for him
Because I used to deliver the oppressed who was crying out for aid, the fatherless also, and him that had no helper;
13 blessing to perish upon me to come (in): come and heart widow to sing
The blessing of him that was ready to perish, upon me was wont to descend, and, the heart of the widow, caused I to sing for joy;
14 righteousness to clothe and to clothe me like/as robe and turban justice my
Righteousness, I put on, and it clothed me, Like a robe and turban, was my, justice;
15 eye to be to/for blind and foot to/for lame I
Eyes, became I to the, blind, and, feet to the lame, was, I!
16 father I to/for needy and strife not to know to search him
A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out;
17 and to break [emph?] jaw unjust and from tooth his to throw prey
And I shivered the fangs of the perverse, —and, out of his teeth, I tare the prey.
18 and to say with nest my to die and like/as sand to multiply day
Then said I, Like a stem, shall I grow old, yea, as the sand, shall I multiply days:
19 root my to open to(wards) water and dew to lodge in/on/with foliage my
My root, is laid open to the waters, and, the dew, shall lodge for the night in my boughs;
20 glory my new with me me and bow my in/on/with hand my to pass
Mine honour, shall be young again with me, and, my bow, in my hand, be renewed.
21 to/for me to hear: hear and to wait: wait and to silence: silent upon counsel my
To me, men hearkened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel;
22 after word: speaking my not to repeat and upon them to drip/prophesy speech my
After I had spoken, they spake not again, and, upon them, used my speech to drop;
23 and to wait: wait like/as rain to/for me and lip their to open to/for spring rain
And they waited, as for rain, for me, and, their mouths, they opened wide for the spring-rain;
24 to laugh to(wards) them not be faithful and light face my not to fall: fall [emph?]
I laughed at them—they lost confidence, and, the light of my countenance, they suffered not to fail;
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 abode, as king, in an army, as one who, to mourners, giveth comfort.
