Job 29:20-25

20 Todo el tiempo me rinden nuevos honores
y mi fuerza se renueva continuamente”.

21 »Todos escuchaban mis consejos;
estaban en silencio esperando que yo hablara.

22 Y después que hablaba, no tenían nada que agregar
porque mi consejo les satisfacía.

23 Anhelaban mis palabras como la gente anhela la lluvia;
las bebían como a la lluvia refrescante de primavera.

24 Cuando estaban desanimados, yo les sonreía;
mi mirada de aprobación era preciosa para ellos.

25 Como hace un jefe, yo les decía qué hacer.
Vivía como un rey entre sus tropas
y consolaba a los que estaban de luto.

Job 29:20-25 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.