Job 29:1

1 Job continua son discours sentencieux, et dit:

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 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;