1 And Job again took up his parable, and said, ASV — Job 29:1
2 Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me; ASV — Job 29:2
3 When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness; ASV — Job 29:3
4 As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent; ASV — Job 29:4
5 When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me; ASV — Job 29:5
6 When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil! ASV — Job 29:6
7 When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street, ASV — Job 29:7
8 The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood; ASV — Job 29:8
9 The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth; ASV — Job 29:9
10 The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. ASV — Job 29:10
11 For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; And when the eye saw [me], it gave witness unto me: ASV — Job 29:11
12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him. ASV — Job 29:12
13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow`s heart to sing for joy. ASV — Job 29:13
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem. ASV — Job 29:14
15 I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame. ASV — Job 29:15
16 I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out. ASV — Job 29:16
17 And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth. ASV — Job 29:17
18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand: ASV — Job 29:18
19 My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch; ASV — Job 29:19
20 My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand. ASV — Job 29:20
21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel. ASV — Job 29:21
22 After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them. ASV — Job 29:22
23 And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain. ASV — Job 29:23
24 I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down. ASV — Job 29:24
25 I chose out their way, and sat [as] chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners. ASV — Job 29:25