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29:6 when my steps <01978> were bathed <07364> with butter <02529> and the rock <06697> poured out <06694> for me <05978> streams <06388> of olive oil <08081>! 29:7 When I went out <03318> to <05921> the city <07176> gate <08179> and secured <03559> my seat <04186> in the public square <07339>, 29:8 the young men <05288> would see <07200> me and step aside <02244>, and the old men <03453> would get up <06965> and remain standing <05975>; 29:9 the chief men <08269> refrained <06113> from talking <04405> and covered <07760> their mouths <06310> with their hands <03709>; 29:10 the voices <06963> of the nobles <05057> fell silent <02244>, and their tongues <03956> stuck <01692> to the roof of their mouths <02441>. 29:11 “As soon as the ear <0241> heard <08085> these things, it blessed <0833> me, and when the eye <05869> saw <07200> them, it bore witness <05749> to me, 29:12 for <03588> I rescued <04422> the poor <06041> who cried out for help <07768>, and the orphan <03490> who had no one <03808> to assist <05826> him; 29:13 the blessing <01293> of the dying man descended <06> on <05921> me <0935>, and I made the widow’s <0490> heart <03820> rejoice <07442>; 29:14 I put on <03847> righteousness <06664> and it clothed <03847> me, my just dealing <04941> was like a robe <04598> and a turban <06797>; 29:15 I <0589> was <01961> eyes <05869> for the blind <05787> and feet <07272> for the lame <06455>; 29:16 I was a father <01> to the needy <034>, and I <0595> investigated <02713> the case <07379> of the person I did not <03808> know <03045>; 29:17 I broke <07665> the fangs <04973> of the wicked <05767>, and made him drop <07993> his prey <02964> from his teeth <08127>. 29:18 “Then I thought <0559>, ‘I will die <01478> in my own home <07064>, my days <03117> as numerous <07235> as the grains of sand <02344>. 29:19 My roots <08328> reach <06605> the water <04325>, and the dew <02919> lies on my branches <07105> all night <03885> long. 29:20 My glory <03519> will always be fresh <02319> in me <05978>, and my bow <07198> ever new <02498> in my hand <03027>.’ 29:21 “People listened <08085> to me and waited <03176> silently; they kept silent <01826> for <03926> my advice <06098>. 29:22 After <0310> I had spoken <01697>, they did not <03808> respond; my words <04405> fell on them drop by drop <05921> <05197> <08138>. 29:23 They waited <03176> for me as people wait for the rain <04306>, and they opened <06473> their mouths <06310> as for the spring rains <04456>. 29:24 If I smiled <07832> at <0413> them, they hardly <03808> believed <0539> it; and they did not <03808> cause the light <0216> of my face <06440> to darken <05307>. 29:25 I chose <0977> the way <01870> for them and sat <03427> as their chief <07218>; I lived <07931> like a king <04428> among his troops <01416>; I was like one who <0834> comforts <05162> mourners <057>.

• Job 29:11-17 -- Job's Benevolence
• Job 29:18-20 -- Job's Confidence
• Job 29:21-25 -- Job's Reputation

• Popularity

  [nave] POPULARITY. Instances of David, 2 Sam. 3:36. Absalom, 2 Sam. 15:2-6, 13. Job, Job 29.
  

• JOB, BOOK OF

  [isbe] JOB, BOOK OF - || I. INTRODUCTORY 1. Place in the Canon 2. Rank and Readers II. THE LITERARY FRAMEWORK 1. Setting of Time, Place and Scene 2. Characters and Personality 3. Form and Style III. THE COURSE OF THE STORY A) To Jo...
  

• Job

  [nave] JOB 1. A man who dwelt in Uz, Job 1:1. Righteousness of, Job 1:1, 5, 8; 2:3; Ezek. 14:14, 20. Riches of, Job 1:3. Trial of, by affliction of Satan, Job 1:13-19; 2:7-10. Fortitude of, Job 1:20-22; 2:10; Jas. 5:11. Visite...
  

• PROVERBS, THE BOOK OF

  [isbe] PROVERBS, THE BOOK OF - prov'-erbz: I. THE BOOK'S ACCOUNT OF ITSELF 1. Title and Headings 2. Authorship or Literary Species? II. THE SUCCESSIVE COMPILATIONS 1. The Introductory Section 2. The Classic Nucleus 3. A Body of Sol...
  

• Poor

  [isbe] POOR - poor ('ebhyon, dal, `ani, rush; ptochos): I. In the Old Testament. The poor have great prominence in the Bible; it is said, indeed, that there should be no poor among the Hebrews because Yahweh should so greatly bless...
  [nave] POOR Atonement money of, uniform with that of the rich, Ex. 30:15. Inexpensive offerings of the poor, Lev. 5:7; 12:8; 14:21, 22. See: Beneficence; Giving; Liberality; Orphans; Poverty; Widow. Also See: Rich; Riches. Uncl...
  

• Beneficence

  [nave] BENEFICENCE. Deut. 15:7-15, 18. Lev. 25:35-43. Psa. 41:1; Psa. 112:9; Prov. 3:27, 28; Prov. 11:25; Prov. 22:9; Prov. 25:21, 22; Prov. 28:27; Isa. 58:6, 7, 10, 11; Ezek. 18:5, 7-9; Matt. 5:42; Matt. 19:21 Mark 10:21. Matt. 2...
  

• PSALMS, BOOK OF

  [isbe] PSALMS, BOOK OF - samz, (tehillim, "praises," cepher tehillim, "book of praises"; Psalmoi, Psalterion): I. INTRODUCTORY TOPICS 1. Title 2. Place in the Canon 3. Number of Psalms 4. Titles in the Hebrew Text II. AUTHORSHIP AN...
  

• Dew

  [isbe] DEW - du (Tal; drosos). 1. Formation of Dew: Two things are necessary for the formation of dew, moisture and cold. In moist countries there is less dew because the change in temperature between day and night is too small. In...
  [smith] This in the summer is so copious in Palestine that it supplies to some extent the absence of rain and becomes important to the agriculturist. Thus it is coupled in the divine blessing with rain, or mentioned as a prime source...
  [nave] DEW A merciful providence, Deut. 33:13. Forms imperceptibly, 2 Sam. 17:12; in the night, Job 29:19. From the clouds, Prov. 3:20. Called the dew of heaven, Dan. 4:15. Absence of, 1 Kin. 17:1. Miraculous profusion and abs...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• Oil

  [isbe] OIL - oil (shemen; elaion): 1. Terms 2. Production and Storage 3. Uses (1) As a Commodity of Exchange (2) As a Cosmetic (3) As a Medicine (4) As a Food (5) As an Illuminant (6) In Religious Rites (a) Consecration (b) Offerin...
  [nave] OIL Sacred, Ex. 30:23-25; 31:11; 35:8, 15, 28; 37:29; 39:38; Num. 4:16; 1 Chr. 9:30. Punishment for profaning, Ex. 30:31-33. Used for idols, Ezek. 23:41. Illuminating, for tabernacle, Ex. 25:6; 27:20; Lev. 24:2-4. For do...
  

• AGRICULTURE

  [ebd] Tilling the ground (Gen. 2:15; 4:2, 3, 12) and rearing cattle were the chief employments in ancient times. The Egyptians excelled in agriculture. And after the Israelites entered into the possession of the Promised Land, the...
  [smith] This was little cared for by the patriarchs. The pastoral life, however, was the means of keeping the sacred race, whilst yet a family, distinct from mixture and locally unattached, especially whilst in Egypt. When grown into...
  

• MOUTH

  [isbe] MOUTH - mowth (peh, chekh, garon (Ps 149:6); Aramaic pum, tera (Dan 3:26); stoma, 71 times, once logos, i.e. "word of mouth," "speech" (Acts 15:27); once we find the verb epistomizo, "to silence," "to stop the mouth" (Tit 1:...
  

• GESTURE

  [isbe] GESTURE - jes'-tur, jes'-tur: The Oriental is rich in gestures by which feelings are expressed and force added to words. Of this we have abundant illustration in the Bible. Almost every available part of the body was employe...
  

• Orphan

  [nave] ORPHAN. Ex. 22:22-24; Deut. 10:18; Deut. 14:28, 29; Deut. 16:11, 14; Deut. 24:17-22; Deut. 26:12, 13; Deut. 27:19; Job 6:27; Job 22:9; Job 24:3, 9; Job 29:12, 13; Job 31:16-18, 21; Psa. 10:14, 17, 18; Psa. 27:10; Psa. 68:5;...
  

• DIADEM

  [ebd] the tiara of a king (Ezek. 21:26; Isa. 28:5; 62:3); the turban (Job 29:14). In the New Testament a careful distinction is drawn between the diadem as a badge of royalty (Rev. 12:3; 13:1; 19:12) and the crown as a mark of dis...
  [isbe] DIADEM - di'-a-dem: There are seven Bible references to the diadem, four in the Old Testament and three in the New Testament. The Hebrew words do not mark any clear distinctions. (1) tsaniph, tsanoph, tsaniphah (all from tsa...
  

• RIVER

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. 'aphik, properly the channel or ravine that holds water (2 Sam. 22:16), translated "brook," "river," "stream," but not necessarily a perennial stream (Ezek. 6:3; 31:12; 32:6; 34:13). (2.) Heb. nahal, in winter a "t...
  [isbe] RIVER - riv'-er: (1) The usual word is nahar (Aramaic nehar (Ezr 4:10, etc.)), used of the rivers of Eden (Gen 2:10-14), often of the Euphrates (Gen 15:18, etc.), of Abana and Pharpar (2 Ki 5:12), the river of Gozan (2 Ki 17...
  

• HEADDRESS

  [smith] The Hebrews do not appear to have regarded a covering for the head as an essential article of dress. Hats were unknown. The earliest notice we have of such a thing is in connection with the sacerdotal vestments. (Exodus 28:40...
  

• Security

  [nave] SECURITY. For Debt See: Debt; Surety. False From the evils of sin. Promises peace and long life, Job 29:18. Is ignorant of God and truth, Psa. 10:4; 50:21. Trusts in lies, Isa. 28:15; Rev. 3:17. Is inconsiderate and f...
  

• WASH; WASHING

  [isbe] WASH; WASHING - wosh, wosh'-ing: The two usual Hebrew words for "wash" are rachats, and kabhac, the former being normally used of persons or of sacrificial animals (Gen 18:4, etc., often translated "bathe"; Lev 15:5, etc.), ...
  

• SEARCH

  [isbe] SEARCH - surch: Some peculiar senses are: (1) In the books of Moses, especially in Nu, "searching out the land" means to spy out (raggel), to investigate carefully, to examine with a view to giving a full and accurate report...
  

• How I Long for the Months Gone By

  

• Romans 8:18 and 1Pet chapter 4 seem to imply Christians should rejoice in our suffering because of the sympathy towards the suffering of Jesus,
  The suffering I have experienced does not compare to what you have described. The problem of pain is one that requires much more than a glib response. Indeed, the answer is probably the content of a book -- one...

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