1 And Job continued his parable and said, DBY — Job 29:1
2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; DBY — Job 29:2
3 When his lamp shone over my head, [and] by his light I walked through darkness; DBY — Job 29:3
4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret counsel of God was over my tent, DBY — Job 29:4
5 When the Almighty was yet with me, my young men round about me; DBY — Job 29:5
6 When my steps were bathed in milk, and the rock poured out beside me rivers of oil! DBY — Job 29:6
7 When I went out to the gate by the city, when I prepared my seat on the broadway, DBY — Job 29:7
8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves; and the aged arose [and] stood up; DBY — Job 29:8
9 Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth; DBY — Job 29:9
10 The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to their palate. DBY — Job 29:10
11 When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me, and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me; DBY — Job 29:11
12 For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper. DBY — Job 29:12
13 The blessing of him that was perishing came upon me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. DBY — Job 29:13
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was as a mantle and a turban. DBY — Job 29:14
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame; DBY — Job 29:15
16 I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out; DBY — Job 29:16
17 And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. DBY — Job 29:17
18 And I said, I shall die in my nest, and multiply my days as the sand; DBY — Job 29:18
19 My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew will lie all night on my branch; DBY — Job 29:19
20 My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow be renewed in my hand. DBY — Job 29:20
21 Unto me they listened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel: DBY — Job 29:21
22 After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them; DBY — Job 29:22
23 And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. DBY — Job 29:23
24 [If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance. DBY — Job 29:24
25 I chose their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth mourners. DBY — Job 29:25