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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</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/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="/bmc//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="/job/">Job</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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/job/29.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/job/29.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/job/29.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/job/29.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/job/29.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/job/29.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/job/29.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Job’s Former Blessings<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And Job continued his discourse: <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“How I long for the months gone by, <p class="indent2"> for the days when God watched over me, <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>when His lamp shone above my head, <p class="indent2"> and by His light I walked through the darkness, <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>when I was in my prime,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="indent2"> when the friendship of God rested on my tent, <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>when the Almighty was still with me <p class="indent2"> and my children were around me, <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>when my steps were bathed in cream <p class="indent2"> and the rock poured out for me streams of oil! <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When I went out to the city gate <p class="indent2"> and took my seat in the public square, <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>the young men saw me and withdrew, <p class="indent2"> and the old men rose to their feet. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The princes refrained from speaking <p class="indent2"> and covered their mouths with their hands. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The voices of the nobles were hushed, <p class="indent2"> and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For those who heard me called me blessed, <p class="indent2"> and those who saw me commended me, <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>because I rescued the poor who cried out <p class="indent2"> and the fatherless who had no helper. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The dying man blessed me, <p class="indent2"> and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; <p class="indent2"> justice was my robe and my turban. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I served as eyes to the blind <p class="indent2"> and as feet to the lame. <A name="17"></a><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 took up the case of the stranger. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I shattered the fangs of the unjust <p class="indent2"> and snatched the prey from his teeth. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest <p class="indent2"> and multiply my days as the sand. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>My roots will spread out to the waters, <p class="indent2"> and the dew will rest nightly on my branches. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>My glory is ever new within me, <p class="indent2"> and my bow is renewed in my hand.’ <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Men listened to me with expectation, <p class="indent2"> waiting silently for my counsel. <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>After my words, they spoke no more; <p class="indent2"> my speech settled on them like dew. <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>They waited for me as for rain <p class="indent2"> and drank in my words like spring showers. <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; <p class="indent2"> the light of my countenance was precious. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>I chose their course and presided as chief. <p class="indent2"> So I dwelt as a king among his troops, <p class="indent2"> as a comforter of the mourners.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Hebrew <i>in the time of my harvest</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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