Iyov 29:1

1 9 Moreover Iyov continued his mashal, and said,

Iyov 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.

Iyov 29:1 In-Context

1 9 Moreover Iyov continued his mashal, and said,

2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when Eloah was shomer over me;

3 When His ner (lamp) shined upon my rosh, and when by His ohr I walked through choshech;

4 As I was in the days of my prime, when the Sod Eloah (friendship, counsel of G-d) was over my ohel;

5 When Shaddai was yet with me, when my children were around me;