Job bemoaneth himself of his former prosperity and honour.
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  29:1 ¶
Moreover°
´Iyyôv
אִיּוֹב°
continued°°°°
his parable,°
and said,°° |
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29:1 ¶
Moreover Iyyov continued his parable, and said, |
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29:2
Oh that°°°
I were°
as [in] months°
past,°
as [in] the days°
[when]
´Élôåh
אֱלוֹהַ°
preserved°°
me; |
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29:2
Oh that I were as [in] months past, as [in] the days [when] Eloah preserved me; |
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29:3
When his candle°
shined°°
upon°
my head,°
[and when] by his light°
I walked°°°
[through] darkness;° |
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29:3
When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness; |
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29:4
As°
I was°
in the days°
of my youth,°
when the secret°
of
´Élôåh
אֱלוֹהַ°
[was] upon°
my tabernacle;° |
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29:4
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of Eloah [was] upon my tabernacle; |
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29:5
When
Šadday
שַׁדַּי°
[was] yet°
with°
me, [when] my children°
[were] about°
me; |
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29:5
When Shadday [was] yet with me, [when] my children [were] about me; |
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29:6
When I washed°°
my steps°
with butter,°
and the rock°
poured me out°°°
rivers°
of oil;° |
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29:6
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; |
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29:7
When I went out°°
to the gate°
through°
the city,°
[when] I prepared°°
my seat°
in the street!° |
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29:7
When I went out to the gate through the city, [when] I prepared my seat in the street! |
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29:8
The young men°
saw°°
me, and hid°°
themselves:°
and the aged°
arose,°°
[and] stood up.°° |
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29:8
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, [and] stood up. |
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29:9
The princes°
refrained°°
talking,°
and laid°°
[their] hand°
on their mouth.° |
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29:9
The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their mouth. |
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29:10
The nobles°
held°°
their peace,°
and their tongue°
cleaved°°
to the roof of their mouth.° |
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29:10
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. |
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29:11
When°
the ear°
heard°°
[me], then it blessed°°
me; and when the eye°
saw°°
[me], it gave witness°°
to me: |
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29:11
When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me: |
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29:12
Because°
I delivered°°
the poor°
that cried,°°
and the fatherless,°
and [him that had] none°
to help°°
him. |
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29:12
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him. |
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29:13
The blessing°
of him that was ready to perish°°
came°°
upon°
me: and I caused the widow's°
heart°
to sing for joy.°° |
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29:13
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. |
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29:14
I put°°
on°
righteousness,°
and it clothed°°
me: my judgment°
[was] as a robe°
and a diadem.° |
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29:14
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem. |
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29:15
I was°
eyes°
to the blind,°
and feet°
[was] I°
to the lame.° |
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29:15
I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame. |
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29:16
I°
[was] a father°
to the poor:°
and the cause°
[which] I knew°°
not°
I searched out.°° |
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29:16
I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out. |
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29:17
And I brake°°
the jaws°
of the wicked,°
and plucked°°
the spoil°
out of his teeth.°° |
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29:17
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. |
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29:18
Then I said,°°
I shall die°°
in°
my nest,°
and I shall multiply°°
[my] days°
as the sand.° |
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29:18
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply [my] days as the sand. |
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29:19
My root°
[was] spread out°°
by°
the waters,°
and the dew°
lay all night°°
upon my branch.° |
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29:19
My root [was] spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. |
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29:20
My glory°
[was] fresh°
in°
me,°
and my bow°
was renewed°°
in my hand.° |
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29:20
My glory [was] fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. |
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29:21
Unto me [men] gave ear,°°
and waited,°°
and kept silence°°
at°
my counsel.° |
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29:21
Unto me [men] gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. |
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29:22
After°
my words°
they spake not again;°°°
and my speech°
dropped°°
upon°
them. |
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29:22
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. |
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29:23
And they waited°°
for me as for the rain;°
and they opened°°
their mouth°
wide [as] for the latter rain.° |
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29:23
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain. |
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29:24
[If] I laughed°°
on°
them, they believed°°
[it] not;°
and the light°
of my countenance°
they cast not down.°°° |
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29:24
[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. |
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29:25
I chose°°
out°
their way,°
and sat°°
chief,°
and dwelt°°
as a king°
in the army,°
as°
one [that] comforteth°°
the mourners.° |
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29:25
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one [that] comforteth the mourners. |
