# Job 29 ## Job 29:1 - [KJV] Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, - [ASV] And Job again took up his parable, and said, - [YLT] And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: -- ### Notes on Job 29:1 - ## Job 29:2 - [KJV] Oh that I were as *in* months past, as *in* the days *when* God preserved me; - [ASV] Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me; - [YLT] Who doth make me as *in* months past, As *in* the days of God's preserving me? ### Notes on Job 29:2 - ## Job 29:3 - [KJV] When his candle shined upon my head, *and when* by his light I walked *through* darkness; - [ASV] When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness; - [YLT] In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk *through* darkness. ### Notes on Job 29:3 - ## Job 29:4 - [KJV] As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God *was* upon my tabernacle; - [ASV] As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent; - [YLT] As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God upon my tent. ### Notes on Job 29:4 - ## Job 29:5 - [KJV] When the Almighty *was* yet with me, *when* my children *were* about me; - [ASV] When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me; - [YLT] When yet the Mighty One *is* with me. Round about me -- my young ones, ### Notes on Job 29:5 - ## Job 29:6 - [KJV] When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; - [ASV] When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil! - [YLT] When washing my goings with butter, And the firm rock *is* with me rivulets of oil. ### Notes on Job 29:6 - ## Job 29:7 - [KJV] When I went out to the gate through the city, *when* I prepared my seat in the street! - [ASV] When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street, - [YLT] When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat. ### Notes on Job 29:7 - ## Job 29:8 - [KJV] The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, *and* stood up. - [ASV] The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood; - [YLT] Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen -- they stood up. ### Notes on Job 29:8 - ## Job 29:9 - [KJV] The princes refrained talking, and laid *their* hand on their mouth. - [ASV] The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth; - [YLT] Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth. ### Notes on Job 29:9 - ## Job 29:10 - [KJV] The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. - [ASV] The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. - [YLT] The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved. ### Notes on Job 29:10 - ## Job 29:11 - [KJV] When the ear heard *me*, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw *me*, it gave witness to me: - [ASV] For when the ear heard *me*, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw *me*, it gave witness unto me: - [YLT] For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth *to* me. ### Notes on Job 29:11 - ## Job 29:12 - [KJV] Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and *him that had* none to help him. - [ASV] Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him. - [YLT] For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper. ### Notes on Job 29:12 - ## Job 29:13 - [KJV] The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. - [ASV] The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. - [YLT] The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing. ### Notes on Job 29:13 - ## Job 29:14 - [KJV] I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment *was* as a robe and a diadem. - [ASV] I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem. - [YLT] Righteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice. ### Notes on Job 29:14 - ## Job 29:15 - [KJV] I was eyes to the blind, and feet *was* I to the lame. - [ASV] I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame. - [YLT] Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame *am* I. ### Notes on Job 29:15 - ## Job 29:16 - [KJV] I *was* a father to the poor: and the cause *which* I knew not I searched out. - [ASV] I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out. - [YLT] A father I *am* to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out. ### Notes on Job 29:16 - ## Job 29:17 - [KJV] And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. - [ASV] And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth. - [YLT] And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey. ### Notes on Job 29:17 - ## Job 29:18 - [KJV] Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply *my* days as the sand. - [ASV] Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand: - [YLT] And I say, 'With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.' ### Notes on Job 29:18 - ## Job 29:19 - [KJV] My root *was* spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. - [ASV] My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch; - [YLT] My root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch. ### Notes on Job 29:19 - ## Job 29:20 - [KJV] My glory *was* fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. - [ASV] My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand. - [YLT] My honour *is* fresh with me, And my bow in my hand is renewed. ### Notes on Job 29:20 - ## Job 29:21 - [KJV] Unto me *men* gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. - [ASV] Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel. - [YLT] To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel. ### Notes on Job 29:21 - ## Job 29:22 - [KJV] After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. - [ASV] After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them. - [YLT] After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop, ### Notes on Job 29:22 - ## Job 29:23 - [KJV] And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide *as* for the latter rain. - [ASV] And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide *as* for the latter rain. - [YLT] And they wait as *for* rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide *As* for the latter rain. ### Notes on Job 29:23 - ## Job 29:24 - [KJV] *If* I laughed on them, they believed *it* not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. - [ASV] I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down. - [YLT] I laugh unto them -- they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall. ### Notes on Job 29:24 - ## Job 29:25 - [KJV] I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one *that* comforteth the mourners. - [ASV] I chose out their way, and sat *as* chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners. - [YLT] I choose their way, and sit head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When mourners he doth comfort. ### Notes on Job 29:25 -