Job 29:1-6

1 Job continua son discours sentencieux, et dit:

2 Oh! que ne suis-je comme aux mois d'autrefois, comme au jour où Dieu me gardait,

3 Quand son flambeau luisait sur ma tête, quand je marchais à sa lumière dans les ténèbres;

4 Comme aux jours de mon automne, quand l'amitié de Dieu veillait sur ma tente;

5 Quand le Tout-Puissant était encore avec moi, et que mes jeunes gens m'entouraient;

6 Quand je lavais mes pieds dans le lait, et que le rocher se fondait près de moi en torrent d'huile!

Job 29:1-6 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.