Job 29
1 And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: —
and to add: again Job to lift: loud proverb his and to say
2 Who doth make me as [in] months past, As [in] the days of God's preserving me?
who? to give: if only! me like/as month front: old like/as day god to keep: guard me
3 In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk [through] darkness.
in/on/with to shine he lamp his upon head my to/for light his to go: walk darkness
4 As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God upon my tent.
like/as as which to be in/on/with day autumn my in/on/with counsel god upon tent my
5 When yet the Mighty One [is] with me. Round about me — my young ones,
in/on/with still Almighty with me me around me youth my
6 When washing my goings with butter, And the firm rock [is] with me rivulets 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 go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.
in/on/with to come out: come I gate upon town in/on/with street/plaza to establish: prepare seat my
8 Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen — they stood up.
to see: see me youth and to hide and aged to arise: rise to stand: stand
9 Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.
ruler to restrain in/on/with speech and palm to set: put to/for lip their
10 The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.
voice leader to hide and tongue their to/for palate their to cleave
11 For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth [to] me.
for ear to hear: hear and to bless me and eye to see: see and to testify me
12 For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.
for to escape afflicted to cry and orphan and not to help to/for him
13 The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing.
blessing to perish upon me to come (in): come and heart widow to sing
14 Righteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice.
righteousness to clothe and to clothe me like/as robe and turban justice my
15 Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame [am] I.
eye to be to/for blind and foot to/for lame I
16 A father I [am] to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
father I to/for needy and strife not to know to search him
17 And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.
and to break [emph?] jaw unjust and from tooth his to throw prey
18 And I say, 'With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'
and to say with nest my to die and like/as sand to multiply day
19 My root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch.
root my to open to(wards) water and dew to lodge in/on/with foliage my
20 My honour [is] fresh with me, And my bow in my hand is renewed.
glory my new with me me and bow my in/on/with hand my to pass
21 To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.
to/for me to hear: hear and to wait: wait and to silence: silent upon counsel my
22 After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,
after word: speaking my not to repeat and upon them to drip/prophesy speech my
23 And they wait as [for] rain for me, And their mouth they have opened 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 I laugh unto them — they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall.
to laugh to(wards) them not be faithful and light face my not to fall: fall [emph?]
25 I choose their way, and sit head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When mourners he doth comfort.
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
