1898 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Job 29

Job bemoaneth himself of his former prosperity and honour.

 29:1 ¶ And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith:—

 29:2 Who doth make me as [in] months past, As [in] the days of God's preserving me?

 29:3 In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk [through] darkness.

 29:4 As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God upon my tent.

 29:5 When yet the Mighty One [is] with me. Round about me—my young ones,

 29:6 When washing my goings with butter, And the firm rock [is] with me rivulets of oil.

 29:7 When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.

 29:8 Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen—they stood up.

 29:9 Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.

 29:10 The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.

 29:11 For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth [to] me.

 29:12 For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.

 29:13 The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing.

 29:14 Righteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice.

 29:15 Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame [am] I.

 29:16 A father I [am] to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.

 29:17 And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.

 29:18 And I say, 'With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'

 29:19 My root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch.

 29:20 My honour [is] fresh with me, And my bow in my hand is renewed.

 29:21 To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.

 29:22 After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,

 29:23 And they wait as [for] rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide [As] for the latter rain.

 29:24 I laugh unto them—they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall.

 29:25 I choose their way, and sit head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When mourners he doth comfort.