Job 29:1-7

1 addidit quoque Iob adsumens parabolam suam et dixit

2 quis mihi tribuat ut sim iuxta menses pristinos secundum dies quibus Deus custodiebat me

3 quando splendebat lucerna eius super caput meum et ad lumen eius ambulabam in tenebris

4 sicut fui in diebus adulescentiae meae quando secreto Deus erat in tabernaculo meo

5 quando erat Omnipotens mecum et in circuitu meo pueri mei

6 quando lavabam pedes meos butyro et petra fundebat mihi rivos olei

7 quando procedebam ad portam civitatis et in platea parabant cathedram mihi

Job 29:1-7 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.