CINXE.COM

<!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 NIV</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="../">NIV</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 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">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/job/29.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Job’s Final Defense</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Job continued his discourse:</p> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“How I long for the months gone by,</p><p class="line2">for the days when God watched over me,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>when his lamp shone on my head</p><p class="line2">and by his light I walked through darkness!</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Oh, for the days when I was in my prime,</p><p class="line2">when God’s intimate friendship blessed my house,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>when the Almighty was still with me</p><p class="line2">and my children were around me,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>when my path was drenched with cream</p><p class="line2">and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“When I went to the gate of the city</p><p class="line2">and took my seat in the public square,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>the young men saw me and stepped aside</p><p class="line2">and the old men rose to their feet;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>the chief men refrained from speaking</p><p class="line2">and covered their mouths with their hands;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>the voices of the nobles were hushed,</p><p class="line2">and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Whoever heard me spoke well of me,</p><p class="line2">and those who saw me commended me,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>because I rescued the poor who cried for help,</p><p class="line2">and the fatherless who had none to assist them.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The one who was dying blessed me;</p><p class="line2">I made the widow’s heart sing.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I put on righteousness as my clothing;</p><p class="line2">justice was my robe and my turban.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I was eyes to the blind</p><p class="line2">and feet to the lame.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I was a father to the needy;</p><p class="line2">I took up the case of the stranger.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I broke the fangs of the wicked</p><p class="line2">and snatched the victims from their teeth.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“I thought, ‘I will die in my own house,</p><p class="line2">my days as numerous as the grains of sand.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>My roots will reach to the water,</p><p class="line2">and the dew will lie all night on my branches.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>My glory will not fade;</p><p class="line2">the bow will be ever new in my hand.’</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“People listened to me expectantly,</p><p class="line2">waiting in silence for my counsel.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>After I had spoken, they spoke no more;</p><p class="line2">my words fell gently on their ears.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>They waited for me as for showers</p><p class="line2">and drank in my words as the spring rain.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it;</p><p class="line2">the light of my face was precious to them. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.">a</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/29-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>I chose the way for them and sat as their chief;</p><p class="line2">I dwelt as a king among his troops;</p><p class="line2">I was like one who comforts mourners.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> <span class="footnotebot">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.</p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/30.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 30"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 30" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/job/29-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenubib2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>