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Job 29

Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX

1 And Job continued and said in his parable,

2 Oh that I were as in months past, wherein God preserved me!

3 As when his lamp shone over my head; when by his light I walked through darkness.

4 when I steadfastly pursued my ways, when God took care of my house.

5 When I was very fruitful, and my children were about me;

6 when my ways were moistened with butter, and the mountains flowed for me with milk.

7 When I went forth early in the city, and the seat was placed for me in the streets.

8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and all the old men stood up.

9 And the great men ceased speaking, and laid their finger on their mouth.

10 And they that heard blessed me, and their tongue clave to their throat.

11 For the ear heard, and blessed me; and the eye saw me, and turned aside.

12 For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper.

13 Let the blessing of the perishing one come upon me; yea, the mouth of the widow has blessed me.

14 Also I put on righteousness, and clothed myself with judgment like a mantle.

15 I was the eye of the blind, and the foot of the lame.

16 I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not.

17 And I broke the jaw-teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.

18 And I said, My age shall continue as the stem of a palm-tree; I shall live a long while.

19 root was spread out by the water, and the dew would lodge on my crop.

20 My glory was fresh in me, and by bow prospered in his hand.

21 heard me, and gave heed, and they were silent at my counsel.

22 At my word they spoke not again, and they were very gland whenever I spoke to them.

23 As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, so they my speech.

24 Were I to laugh on them, they would not believe ; and the light of my face has not failed.

25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the midst of warriors, as one comforting mourners.

New International Version NIV

1 Job continued his discourse:

2 “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,

3 when his lamp shone on my head and by his light I walked through darkness!

4 Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God’s intimate friendship blessed my house,

5 when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,

6 when my path was drenched with cream and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil.

7 “When I went to the gate of the city and took my seat in the public square,

8 the young men saw me and stepped aside and the old men rose to their feet;

9 the chief men refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands;

10 the voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

11 Whoever heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me commended me,

12 because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.

13 The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow’s heart sing.

14 I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.

15 I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.

16 I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.

17 I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth.

18 “I thought, ‘I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.

19 My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.

20 My glory will not fade; the bow will be ever new in my hand.’

21 “People listened to me expectantly, waiting in silence for my counsel.

22 After I had spoken, they spoke no more; my words fell gently on their ears.

23 They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain.

24 When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it; the light of my face was precious to them.

25 I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I dwelt as a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.