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Read Job 29

World English Bible · 25 verses

¹ Job again took up his parable, and said,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
² “Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³ when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴ as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was in my tent,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁵ when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁶ when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁷ when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁸ The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁹ The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁰ The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹¹ For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it commended me,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹² because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹³ the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁴ I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁵ I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁶ I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁷ I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁸ Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house, I will count my days as the sand.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁹ My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁰ My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²¹ “Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²² After my words they didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²³ They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁴ I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁵ I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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