Job 29:1

1 Job continued to speak. He said,

Job 29:1 Meaning and Commentary

Job 29:1

Moreover, Job continued his parable
Or "added to take [it] up" ^F17, that is, he took it up again, and went on with his discourse; he made a pause for awhile, waiting to observe whether any of his three friends would return an answer to what he had said; but perceiving they were not inclined to make any reply, he began again, and gave an account of his former life, in order to show that he was far from being the wicked man, or being so accounted by others, as his friends had represented him:

and said;
as follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (tav Powyw) "addidit assumere", Montanus, Bolducius, Mercerus; "addidit tollere", Drusius.

Job 29:1 In-Context

1 Job continued to speak. He said,

2 "How I long for the good old days! That's when God watched over me.

3 The light of his lamp shone on me. I walked through darkness by his light.

4 Those were the best days of my life. That's when God's friendship blessed my house.

5 The Mighty One was still with me. My children were all around me.