JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 29ASV - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Job 1Job 2Job 3Job 4Job 5Job 6Job 7Job 8Job 9Job 10Job 11Job 12Job 13Job 14Job 15Job 16Job 17Job 18Job 19Job 20Job 21Job 22Job 23Job 24Job 25Job 26Job 27Job 28Job 29Job 30Job 31Job 32Job 33Job 34Job 35Job 36Job 37Job 38Job 39Job 40Job 41Job 42›Job 29ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1And Job again took up his parable, and said, 2Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me; 3When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness; 4As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent; 5When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me; 6When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil! 7When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street, 8The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood; 9The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth; 10The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 11For when the ear heardme, then it blessed me; And when the eye sawme, it gave witness unto me: 12Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him. 13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. 14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem. 15I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame. 16I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out. 17And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth. 18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand: 19My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch: 20My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand. 21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel. 22After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them. 23And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wideasfor the latter rain. 24I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down. 25I chose out their way, and sataschief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners. ‹Previous chapterJob 28Next chapterJob 30›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsJob 29 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain