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Job 29:10-20

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10 the voice of the nobles was hushed, and their 1tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
11 When the ear heard, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw, it approved,
12 because I 2delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.
13 3The blessing of him who was 4about to perish came upon me, and I caused 5the widow's heart to sing for joy.
14 I 6put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and 7a turban.
15 I was 8eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the needy, and I searched out 9the cause of him whom I did not know.
17 I 10broke 11the fangs of the unrighteous and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
18 12Then I thought, 'I shall die in my 13nest, and I shall multiply my days as 14the sand,
19 my 15roots spread out to 16the waters, with the dew all night on my 17branches,
20 my glory fresh with me, and my 18bow ever 19new in my hand.'
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Job 29:10-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 29

In this chapter Job gives an account of his former and wishes it was with him now as then; and which he describes with respect to his own person, and the favours he personally enjoyed, whether temporal or spiritual, Job 29:1-4; with respect to his family and domestic affairs, Job 29:5,6; with regard to the esteem he had from men of every age and station, Job 29:7-11; the reasons of which were the mercy and compassion he showed to the poor, the fatherless, and the widow, and the justice he administered in the execution of his office as a magistrate, Job 29:12-17; in which honour and prosperity he expected to have lived and died, Job 29:18-20; and which he further describes by the respect he had among men, and the power and authority he exercised over them, Job 29:21-25.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 19

  • 1. Psalms 22:15; Psalms 137:6; Lamentations 4:4; Ezekiel 3:26
  • 2. Psalms 72:12
  • 3. Job 31:20
  • 4. Proverbs 31:6; Isaiah 27:13
  • 5. [Ruth 2:20]
  • 6. Psalms 132:9; Isaiah 59:17; Isaiah 61:10; [Isaiah 11:5; Ephesians 6:14; 1 Thessalonians 5:8]
  • 7. Isaiah 62:3; Zechariah 3:5; [Job 19:9]
  • 8. Numbers 10:31
  • 9. [Proverbs 29:7]
  • 10. Psalms 3:7
  • 11. Psalms 58:6; Proverbs 30:14
  • 12. [Psalms 30:6]
  • 13. Numbers 24:21; See Job 39:27
  • 14. Genesis 22:17
  • 15. Job 18:16
  • 16. See Psalms 1:3
  • 17. [Job 14:9]
  • 18. Genesis 49:24
  • 19. [Isaiah 40:31; Isaiah 41:1]
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