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Job 29:1--31:40

29:1

Moreover Job
<0347>

continued
<03254> (8686) <05375> (8800)

his parable
<04912>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

{continued: Heb. added to take up}

29:2

Oh that
<05414> (8799)

I were as [in] months
<03391>

past
<06924>_,

as [in] the days
<03117>

[when] God
<0433>

preserved
<08104> (8799)

me;

29:3

When his candle
<05216>

shined
<01984> (8800)

upon my head
<07218>_,

[and when] by his light
<0216>

I walked
<03212> (8799)

[through] darkness
<02822>_;

{candle: or, lamp}

29:4

As I was in the days
<03117>

of my youth
<02779>_,

when the secret
<05475>

of God
<0433>

[was] upon my tabernacle
<0168>_;

29:5

When the Almighty
<07706>

[was] yet with me, [when] my children
<05288>

[were] about
<05439>

me;

29:6

When I washed
<07364> (8800)

my steps
<01978>

with butter
<02529>_,

and the rock
<06697>

poured me out
<06694> (8799)

rivers
<06388>

of oil
<08081>_;

{me: Heb. with me}

29:7

When I went out
<03318> (8800)

to the gate
<08179>

through the city
<07176>_,

[when] I prepared
<03559> (8686)

my seat
<04186>

in the street
<07339>_!

29:8

The young men
<05288>

saw
<07200> (8804)

me, and hid
<02244> (8738)

themselves: and the aged
<03453>

arose
<06965> (8804)_,

[and] stood up
<05975> (8804)_.

29:9

The princes
<08269>

refrained
<06113> (8804)

talking
<04405>_,

and laid
<07760> (8799)

[their] hand
<03709>

on their mouth
<06310>_.

29:10

The nobles
<05057>

held
<02244> (8738)

their peace
<06963>_,

and their tongue
<03956>

cleaved
<01692> (8804)

to the roof of their mouth
<02441>_.

{The nobles...: Heb. The voice of the nobles was hid}

29:11

When the ear
<0241>

heard
<08085> (8804)

[me], then it blessed
<0833> (8762)

me; and when the eye
<05869>

saw
<07200> (8804)

[me], it gave witness
<05749> (8686)

to me:

29:12

Because I delivered
<04422> (8762)

the poor
<06041>

that cried
<07768> (8764)_,

and the fatherless
<03490>_,

and [him that had] none to help
<05826> (8802)

him.

29:13

The blessing
<01293>

of him that was ready to perish
<06> (8802)

came
<0935> (8799)

upon me: and I caused the widow's
<0490>

heart
<03820>

to sing for joy
<07442> (8686)_.

29:14

I put
<03847> (8804)

on righteousness
<06664>_,

and it clothed
<03847> (8799)

me: my judgment
<04941>

[was] as a robe
<04598>

and a diadem
<06797>_.

29:15

I was eyes
<05869>

to the blind
<05787>_,

and feet
<07272>

[was] I to the lame
<06455>_.

29:16

I [was] a father
<01>

to the poor
<034>_:

and the cause
<07379>

[which] I knew
<03045> (8804)

not I searched out
<02713> (8799)_.

29:17

And I brake
<07665> (8762)

the jaws
<04973>

of the wicked
<05767>_,

and plucked
<07993> (8686)

the spoil
<02964>

out of his teeth
<08127>_.

{the jaws: Heb. the jawteeth, or, the grinders} {plucked: Heb. cast}

29:18

Then I said
<0559> (8799)_,

I shall die
<01478> (8799)

in my nest
<07064>_,

and I shall multiply
<07235> (8686)

[my] days
<03117>

as the sand
<02344>_.

29:19

My root
<08328>

[was] spread out
<06605> (8803)

by the waters
<04325>_,

and the dew
<02919>

lay all night
<03885> (8799)

upon my branch
<07105>_.

{spread...: Heb. opened}

29:20

My glory
<03519>

[was] fresh
<02319>

in me
<05978>_,

and my bow
<07198>

was renewed
<02498> (8686)

in my hand
<03027>_.

{fresh: Heb. new} {renewed: Heb. changed}

29:21

Unto me [men] gave ear
<08085> (8804)_,

and waited
<03176> (8765)_,

and kept silence
<01826> (8799)

at
<03926>

my counsel
<06098>_.

29:22

After
<0310>

my words
<01697>

they spake not again
<08138> (8799)_;

and my speech
<04405>

dropped
<05197> (8799)

upon them.

29:23

And they waited
<03176> (8765)

for me as for the rain
<04306>_;

and they opened
<06473> (8804)

their mouth
<06310>

wide [as] for the latter rain
<04456>_.

29:24

[If] I laughed
<07832> (8799)

on them, they believed
<0539> (8686)

[it] not; and the light
<0216>

of my countenance
<06440>

they cast not down
<05307> (8686)_.

29:25

I chose
<0977> (8799)

out their way
<01870>_,

and sat
<03427> (8799)

chief
<07218>_,

and dwelt
<07931> (8799)

as a king
<04428>

in the army
<01416>_,

as one [that] comforteth
<05162> (8762)

the mourners
<057>_.

30:1

But now [they that are] younger
<06810> <03117>

than I have me in derision
<07832> (8804)_,

whose fathers
<01>

I would have disdained
<03988> (8804)

to have set
<07896> (8800)

with the dogs
<03611>

of my flock
<06629>_.

{younger...: Heb. of fewer days than I}

30:2

Yea, whereto
<04100>

[might] the strength
<03581>

of their hands
<03027>

[profit] me, in whom old age
<03624>

was perished
<06> (8804)_?

30:3

For want
<02639>

and famine
<03720>

[they were] solitary
<01565>_;

fleeing
<06207> (8802)

into the wilderness
<06723>

in former time
<0570>

desolate
<07722>

and waste
<04875>_.

{solitary: or, dark as the night} {in...: Heb. yesternight}

30:4

Who cut up
<06998> (8801)

mallows
<04408>

by the bushes
<07880>_,

and juniper
<07574>

roots
<08328>

[for] their meat
<03899>_.

30:5

They were driven forth
<01644> (8792)

from among
<01460>

[men], (they cried
<07321> (8686)

after them as [after] a thief
<01590>;)

30:6

To dwell
<07931> (8800)

in the clifts
<06178>

of the valleys
<05158>_,

[in] caves
<02356>

of the earth
<06083>_,

and [in] the rocks
<03710>_.

{caves: Heb. holes}

30:7

Among the bushes
<07880>

they brayed
<05101> (8799)_;

under the nettles
<02738>

they were gathered together
<05596> (8792)_.

30:8

[They were] children
<01121>

of fools
<05036>_,

yea, children
<01121>

of base men
<08034>_:

they were viler
<05217> (8738)

than the earth
<0776>_.

{base...: Heb. men of no name}

30:9

And now am I their song
<05058>_,

yea, I am their byword
<04405>_.

30:10

They abhor
<08581> (8765)

me, they flee far
<07368> (8804)

from me, and spare
<02820> (8804)

not to spit
<07536>

in my face
<06440>_.

{and...: Heb. and withhold not spittle from}

30:11

Because he hath loosed
<06605> (8765)

my cord
<03499>_,

and afflicted
<06031> (8762)

me, they have also let loose
<07971> (8765)

the bridle
<07448>

before
<06440>

me.

30:12

Upon [my] right
<03225>

[hand] rise
<06965> (8799)

the youth
<06526>_;

they push away
<07971> (8765)

my feet
<07272>_,

and they raise up
<05549> (8799)

against me the ways
<0734>

of their destruction
<0343>_.

30:13

They mar
<05420> (8804)

my path
<05410>_,

they set forward
<03276> (8686)

my calamity
<01942> (8675) <01962>_,

they have no helper
<05826> (8802)_.

30:14

They came
<0857> (8799)

[upon me] as a wide
<07342>

breaking
<06556>

in [of waters]: in
<08478>

the desolation
<07722>

they rolled
<01556> (8701)

themselves [upon me].

30:15

Terrors
<01091>

are turned
<02015> (8717)

upon me: they pursue
<07291> (8799)

my soul
<05082>

as the wind
<07307>_:

and my welfare
<03444>

passeth away
<05674> (8804)

as a cloud
<05645>_.

{my soul: Heb. my principal one}

30:16

And now my soul
<05315>

is poured out
<08210> (8691)

upon me; the days
<03117>

of affliction
<06040>

have taken hold
<0270> (8799)

upon me.

30:17

My bones
<06106>

are pierced
<05365> (8765)

in me in the night season
<03915>_:

and my sinews
<06207> (8802)

take no rest
<07901> (8799)_.

30:18

By the great
<07230>

force
<03581>

[of my disease] is my garment
<03830>

changed
<02664> (8691)_:

it bindeth me about
<0247> (8799)

as the collar
<06310>

of my coat
<03801>_.

30:19

He hath cast
<03384> (8689)

me into the mire
<02563>_,

and I am become like
<04911> (8691)

dust
<06083>

and ashes
<0665>_.

30:20

I cry
<07768> (8762)

unto thee, and thou dost not hear
<06030> (8799)

me: I stand up
<05975> (8804)_,

and thou regardest
<0995> (8709)

me [not].

30:21

Thou art become
<02015> (8735)

cruel
<0393>

to me: with thy strong
<06108>

hand
<03027>

thou opposest
<07852> (8799)

thyself against me. {become...: Heb. turned to be cruel} {thy...: Heb. the strength of thy hand}

30:22

Thou liftest me up
<05375> (8799)

to the wind
<07307>_;

thou causest me to ride
<07392> (8686)

[upon it], and dissolvest
<04127> (8787)

my substance
<08454> (8675) <07738> (8762)_.

{substance: or, wisdom}

30:23

For I know
<03045> (8804)

[that] thou wilt bring
<07725> (8686)

me [to] death
<04194>_,

and [to] the house
<01004>

appointed
<04150>

for all living
<02416>_.

30:24

Howbeit he will not stretch out
<07971> (8799)

[his] hand
<03027>

to the grave
<01164>_,

though they cry
<07769>

in his destruction
<06365>_.

{grave: Heb. heap}

30:25

Did not I weep
<01058> (8804)

for him that was in trouble
<07186> <03117>_?

was [not] my soul
<05315>

grieved
<05701> (8804)

for the poor
<034>_?

{in trouble: Heb. hard of day?}

30:26

When I looked
<06960> (8765)

for good
<02896>_,

then evil
<07451>

came
<0935> (8799)

[unto me]: and when I waited
<03176> (8762)

for light
<0216>_,

there came
<0935> (8799)

darkness
<0652>_.

30:27

My bowels
<04578>

boiled
<07570> (8795)_,

and rested
<01826> (8804)

not: the days
<03117>

of affliction
<06040>

prevented
<06923> (8765)

me.

30:28

I went
<01980> (8765)

mourning
<06937> (8802)

without the sun
<02535>_:

I stood up
<06965> (8804)_,

[and] I cried
<07768> (8762)

in the congregation
<06951>_.

30:29

I am a brother
<0251>

to dragons
<08577>_,

and a companion
<07453>

to owls
<01323> <03284>_.

{owls: or, ostriches}

30:30

My skin
<05785>

is black
<07835> (8804)

upon me, and my bones
<06106>

are burned
<02787> (8804)

with heat
<02721>_.

30:31

My harp
<03658>

also is [turned] to mourning
<060>_,

and my organ
<05748>

into the voice
<06963>

of them that weep
<01058> (8802)_.

31:1

I made
<03772> (8804)

a covenant
<01285>

with mine eyes
<05869>_;

why then should I think
<0995> (8709)

upon a maid
<01330>_?

31:2

For what portion
<02506>

of God
<0433>

[is there] from above
<04605>_?

and [what] inheritance
<05159>

of the Almighty
<07706>

from on high
<04791>_?

31:3

[Is] not destruction
<0343>

to the wicked
<05767>_?

and a strange
<05235>

[punishment] to the workers
<06466> (8802)

of iniquity
<0205>_?

31:4

Doth not he see
<07200> (8799)

my ways
<01870>_,

and count
<05608> (8799)

all my steps
<06806>_?

31:5

If I have walked
<01980> (8804)

with vanity
<07723>_,

or if my foot
<07272>

hath hasted
<02363> (8799)

to deceit
<04820>_;

31:6

Let me be weighed
<08254> (8799)

in an even
<06664>

balance
<03976>_,

that God
<0433>

may know
<03045> (8799)

mine integrity
<08538>_.

{Let...: Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice}

31:7

If my step
<0838>

hath turned out
<05186> (8799)

of the way
<01870>_,

and mine heart
<03820>

walked
<01980> (8804)

after
<0310>

mine eyes
<05869>_,

and if any blot
<03971>

hath cleaved
<01692> (8804)

to mine hands
<03709>_;

31:8

[Then] let me sow
<02232> (8799)_,

and let another
<0312>

eat
<0398> (8799)_;

yea, let my offspring
<06631>

be rooted out
<08327> (8792)_.

31:9

If mine heart
<03820>

have been deceived
<06601> (8738)

by a woman
<0802>_,

or [if] I have laid wait
<0693> (8804)

at my neighbour's
<07453>

door
<06607>_;

31:10

[Then] let my wife
<0802>

grind
<02912> (8799)

unto another
<0312>_,

and let others
<0312>

bow down
<03766> (8799)

upon her.

31:11

For this [is] an heinous crime
<02154>_;

yea, it [is] an iniquity
<05771>

[to be punished by] the judges
<06414>_.

31:12

For it [is] a fire
<0784>

[that] consumeth
<0398> (8799)

to destruction
<011>_,

and would root out
<08327> (8762)

all mine increase
<08393>_.

31:13

If I did despise
<03988> (8799)

the cause
<04941>

of my manservant
<05650>

or of my maidservant
<0519>_,

when they contended
<07379>

with me;

31:14

What then shall I do
<06213> (8799)

when God
<0410>

riseth up
<06965> (8799)_?

and when he visiteth
<06485> (8799)_,

what shall I answer
<07725> (8686)

him?

31:15

Did not he that made
<06213> (8802)

me in the womb
<0990>

make
<06213> (8804)

him? and did not one
<0259>

fashion
<03559> (8787)

us in the womb
<07358>_?

{did not one...: or, did he not fashion us in one womb?}

31:16

If I have withheld
<04513> (8799)

the poor
<01800>

from [their] desire
<02656>_,

or have caused the eyes
<05869>

of the widow
<0490>

to fail
<03615> (8762)_;

31:17

Or have eaten
<0398> (8799)

my morsel
<06595>

myself alone, and the fatherless
<03490>

hath not eaten
<0398> (8804)

thereof;

31:18

(For from my youth
<05271>

he was brought up
<01431> (8804)

with me, as [with] a father
<01>_,

and I have guided
<05148> (8686)

her from my mother's
<0517>

womb
<0990>;)

{her: that is, the widow}

31:19

If I have seen
<07200> (8799)

any perish
<06> (8802)

for want of clothing
<03830>_,

or any poor
<034>

without covering
<03682>_;

31:20

If his loins
<02504>

have not blessed
<01288> (8765)

me, and [if] he were [not] warmed
<02552> (8691)

with the fleece
<01488>

of my sheep
<03532>_;

31:21

If I have lifted up
<05130> (8689)

my hand
<03027>

against the fatherless
<03490>_,

when I saw
<07200> (8799)

my help
<05833>

in the gate
<08179>_:

31:22

[Then] let mine arm
<03802>

fall
<05307> (8799)

from my shoulder blade
<07929>_,

and mine arm
<0248>

be broken
<07665> (8735)

from the bone
<07070>_.

{bone: or, chanelbone}

31:23

For destruction
<0343>

[from] God
<0410>

[was] a terror
<06343>

to me, and by reason of his highness
<07613>

I could
<03201> (8799)

not endure.

31:24

If I have made
<07760> (8804)

gold
<02091>

my hope
<03689>_,

or have said
<0559> (8804)

to the fine gold
<03800>_,

[Thou art] my confidence
<04009>_;

31:25

If I rejoiced
<08055> (8799)

because my wealth
<02428>

[was] great
<07227>_,

and because mine hand
<03027>

had gotten
<04672> (8804)

much
<03524>_;

{gotten...: Heb. found much}

31:26

If I beheld
<07200> (8799)

the sun
<0216>

when it shined
<01984> (8686)_,

or the moon
<03394>

walking
<01980> (8802)

[in] brightness
<03368>_;

{sun: Heb. light} {in...: Heb. bright}

31:27

And my heart
<03820>

hath been secretly
<05643>

enticed
<06601> (8799)_,

or my mouth
<06310>

hath kissed
<05401> (8799)

my hand
<03027>_:

{my mouth...: Heb. my hand hath kissed my mouth}

31:28

This also [were] an iniquity
<05771>

[to be punished by] the judge
<06416>_:

for I should have denied
<03584> (8765)

the God
<0410>

[that is] above
<04605>_.

31:29

If I rejoiced
<08055> (8799)

at the destruction
<06365>

of him that hated
<08130> (8764)

me, or lifted up
<05782> (8712)

myself when evil
<07451>

found
<04672> (8804)

him:

31:30

Neither have I suffered
<05414> (8804)

my mouth
<02441>

to sin
<02398> (8800)

by wishing
<07592> (8800)

a curse
<0423>

to his soul
<05315>_.

{mouth: Heb. palate}

31:31

If the men
<04962>

of my tabernacle
<0168>

said
<0559> (8804)

not, Oh that we had
<05414> (8799)

of his flesh
<01320>_!

we cannot be satisfied
<07646> (8799)_.

31:32

The stranger
<01616>

did not lodge
<03885> (8799)

in the street
<02351>_:

[but] I opened
<06605> (8799)

my doors
<01817>

to the traveller
<0734>_.

{traveller: or, way}

31:33

If I covered
<03680> (8765)

my transgressions
<06588>

as Adam
<0121>_,

by hiding
<02934> (8800)

mine iniquity
<05771>

in my bosom
<02243>_:

{as Adam: or, after the manner of men}

31:34

Did I fear
<06206> (8799)

a great
<07227>

multitude
<01995>_,

or did the contempt
<0937>

of families
<04940>

terrify
<02865> (8686)

me, that I kept silence
<01826> (8799)_,

[and] went not out
<03318> (8799)

of the door
<06607>_?

31:35

Oh that
<05414> (8799)

one would hear
<08085> (8802)

me! behold, my desire
<08420>

[is, that] the Almighty
<07706>

would answer
<06030> (8799)

me, and [that] mine adversary
<0376> <07379>

had written
<03789> (8804)

a book
<05612>_.

{my...: or, my sign is that the Almighty will}

31:36

Surely I would take
<05375> (8799)

it upon my shoulder
<07926>_,

[and] bind
<06029> (8799)

it [as] a crown
<05850>

to me.

31:37

I would declare
<05046> (8686)

unto him the number
<04557>

of my steps
<06806>_;

as a prince
<05057>

would I go near
<07126> (8762)

unto him.

31:38

If my land
<0127>

cry
<02199> (8799)

against me, or that the furrows
<08525>

likewise
<03162>

thereof complain
<01058> (8799)_;

{complain: Heb. weep}

31:39

If I have eaten
<0398> (8804)

the fruits
<03581>

thereof without money
<03701>_,

or have caused the owners
<01167>

thereof to lose
<05301> (8689)

their life
<05315>_:

{fruits: Heb. strength} {the owners...: Heb. the soul of the owners thereof to expire, or, breathe out}

31:40

Let thistles
<02336>

grow
<03318> (8799)

instead of wheat
<02406>_,

and cockle
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instead of barley
<08184>_.

The words
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of Job
<0347>

are ended
<08552> (8804)_.

{cockle: or, noisome weeds}