Job 29 (NET)

Job 29:1¹Then Job continued his speech:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:2²“O that I could be as I was in the months now gone, in the days when God watched over me,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:3³when he caused his lamp to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:4⁴just as I was in my most productive time, when God’s intimate friendship was experienced in my tent,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:5⁵when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:6⁶when my steps were bathed with butter and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:7⁷When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:8⁸the young men would see me and step aside, and the old men would get up and remain standing;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:9⁹the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:10¹⁰the voices of the nobles fell silent, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:11¹¹“As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:12¹²for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:13¹³the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:14¹⁴I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:15¹⁵I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:16¹⁶I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:17¹⁷I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:18¹⁸“Then I thought, ‘I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:19¹⁹My roots reach the water, and the dew lies on my branches all night long.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:20²⁰My glory will always be fresh in me, and my bow ever new in my hand.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:21²¹“People listened to me and waited silently; they kept silent for my advice.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:22²²After I had spoken, they did not respond; my words fell on them drop by drop.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:23²³They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:24²⁴If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it; and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 29:25²⁵I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I lived like a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions