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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Job 29 Legacy Standard Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/29.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/job/29-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSB</a> > Job 29</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/28.htm" title="Job 28">◄</a> Job 29 <a href="../job/30.htm" title="Job 30">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Legacy Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb_/job/29.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB">►► </a></td></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Job Continues His Discourse</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And Job continued to lift up his <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>discourse and said, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Oh that I were as in months gone by, <p class="indent2">As in the days when God kept me, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>When His lamp shone over my head, <p class="indent2"><i>And</i> by His light I walked through darkness, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>As I was in <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>the prime of my days, <p class="indent2">When the <i>intimate</i> counsel with God <i>was</i> over my tent, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>the Almighty was yet with me, <p class="indent2"><i>And</i> my children were around me, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>When my steps were bathed in butter, <p class="indent2">And the rock poured out for me streams of oil! <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When I went out to the gate of the city, <p class="indent2">When I <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>took my seat in the square, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The young men saw me and hid, <p class="indent2">And the old men arose <i>and</i> stood. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The princes stopped talking <p class="indent2">And put <i>their</i> hands on their mouths; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The voice of the nobles was hidden <i>away</i>, <p class="indent2">And their tongue clung to their palate. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For the ear heard, and it called me blessed, <p class="indent2">And the eye saw, and it gave witness of me, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Because I provided escape for the afflicted who cried for help, <p class="indent2">And the orphan who had no helper. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The blessing of the one ready to perish came upon me, <p class="indent2">And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I clothed <i>myself</i> with righteousness, and it clothed me; <p class="indent2">My justice was like a robe and a turban. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I was eyes to the blind <p class="indent2">And feet to the lame. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I was a father to the needy, <p class="indent2">And I searched out the case which I did not know. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I broke the fangs of the unjust <p class="indent2">And snatched the prey from his teeth. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then I <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>said, ‘I will breathe my last <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>in my nest, <p class="indent2">And I shall multiply <i>my</i> days as the sand. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>My root is spread out to the waters, <p class="indent2">And dew lies all night on my branch. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>My glory is <i>ever</i> new with me, <p class="indent2">And my bow is renewed in my hand.’ <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“To me they listened and waited, <p class="indent2">And kept silent for my counsel. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>After my words they did not speak again, <p class="indent2">And my speech dropped on them. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>They waited for me as for the rain, <p class="indent2">And opened their mouth as for the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>late rain. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>I laughed with them <i>as</i> they could not believe <i>it</i>, <p class="indent2">And the light of my face they did not cast down. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>I chose a way for them and sat as chief, <p class="indent2">And dwelt as <i>their</i> head among the troops, <p class="indent2">As one who comforted the mourners.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>proverb</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>the days of my autumn</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Heb <i>Shaddai</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Lit <i>set up</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> Or <i>thought</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> Lit <i>with</i><br><span class="fnverse">23</span> Spring<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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