Bible Commentaries
Job 29

Introduction

Overview

Job 29:1, Job bemoans his former prosperity.

Verse 1

continued: Heb. added to take up, Job 27:1

Reciprocal: Numbers 23:7 - he took Job 34:29 - When he giveth

Verse 2

as in months: Job 1:1-5, Job 7:3

God: Job 1:10, Psalms 37:28, Jude 1:1

Reciprocal: Job 9:34 - let not Job 13:24 - hidest thou Psalms 42:4 - When Psalms 51:12 - Restore Lamentations 1:7 - remembered

Verse 3

candle: or, lamp, Job 18:6, Job 21:17, Psalms 18:28, Proverbs 13:9, Proverbs 20:20, Proverbs 24:20

by his light: Job 22:28, Psalms 4:6, Psalms 23:4, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 84:11, Isaiah 2:4, John 8:12, John 12:46, Ephesians 5:8, Ephesians 5:14

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 22:29 - lamp Job 13:24 - hidest thou Job 16:12 - at ease Psalms 36:9 - in thy Psalms 51:12 - Restore Psalms 89:15 - in the light Psalms 119:105 - lamp Isaiah 50:10 - that walketh

Verse 4

the secret: Job 1:10, Job 15:8, Psalms 25:14, Psalms 27:5, Psalms 91:1, Proverbs 3:32, Colossians 3:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:7 - be accepted

Verse 5

the Almighty: Job 23:3, Job 23:8-10, Deuteronomy 33:27-29, Joshua 1:9, Judges 6:12, Judges 6:13, Psalms 30:7, Psalms 43:2, Psalms 44:8, Psalms 44:9, Song of Solomon 2:4, Song of Solomon 3:1, Song of Solomon 3:2, Jeremiah 14:8, Matthew 9:15

my children: Job 1:2-5, Job 42:13-16, Psalms 127:3-5, Psalms 128:3, Proverbs 17:6

Reciprocal: Job 16:7 - hast made

Verse 6

I washed: Job 20:17, Genesis 49:11, Deuteronomy 32:13, Deuteronomy 33:24, Psalms 81:16

me out: Heb. with me

Reciprocal: Psalms 58:10 - wash Joel 3:18 - the mountains Micah 6:7 - rivers

Verse 7

Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 21:19, Ruth 4:1, Ruth 4:2, Ruth 4:11, Zechariah 8:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 23:10 - all that Genesis 34:20 - the gate Exodus 18:13 - General Deuteronomy 25:1 - General Joshua 20:4 - at the entering Judges 5:11 - go down Job 19:9 - stripped Job 22:8 - But as Proverbs 24:7 - openeth Proverbs 31:23 - in the Jeremiah 22:3 - Execute Jeremiah 38:7 - the king Lamentations 5:14 - elders Ezekiel 18:8 - hath executed Amos 5:12 - in the Luke 18:2 - which Romans 13:6 - attending

Verse 8

young men: Leviticus 19:32, Proverbs 16:31, Proverbs 20:8, Romans 13:3, Romans 13:4, Titus 3:1, 1 Peter 5:5

the aged: Romans 13:7, 1 Peter 2:17

Reciprocal: Job 30:1 - they that are Titus 2:6 - Young

Verse 9

refrained: Job 4:2, Job 7:11, Proverbs 10:19, James 1:19

laid: Job 21:5, Job 40:4, Judges 18:19, Proverbs 30:32

Reciprocal: Job 1:3 - greatest Job 29:21 - gave ear Proverbs 31:8 - Open Isaiah 52:15 - kings Micah 7:16 - lay

Verse 10

nobles held their peace: Heb. voice of the nobles was hid, their tongue. Psalms 137:6, Ezekiel 3:26

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 5:8 - held Job 1:3 - greatest Job 29:21 - gave ear Psalms 22:15 - tongue Isaiah 52:15 - kings Micah 7:16 - lay

Verse 11

the ear: Job 31:20, Proverbs 29:2, Luke 4:22, Luke 11:27

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 1:17 - ye shall hear Deuteronomy 24:13 - deliver Deuteronomy 24:17 - pervert 2 Samuel 14:22 - thanked Job 32:1 - righteous Proverbs 28:12 - righteous Proverbs 29:14 - king Matthew 25:17 - he also 1 Corinthians 12:21 - General 1 Thessalonians 2:10 - how

Verse 12

I delivered: Job 22:5-9, Nehemiah 5:2-13, Psalms 72:12, Psalms 82:2-4, Proverbs 21:13, Proverbs 24:11, Proverbs 24:12, Jeremiah 22:16

the fatherless: Exodus 22:22-24, Deuteronomy 10:18, Psalms 68:5, James 1:27

Reciprocal: Ruth 2:20 - Blessed 2 Samuel 14:4 - Help Job 4:6 - the uprightness Job 6:27 - the fatherless Job 15:34 - the tabernacles Job 16:17 - Not for Job 22:9 - widows Job 31:21 - lifted Job 34:28 - they Job 36:6 - giveth Psalms 41:1 - Blessed Psalms 82:4 - Deliver Proverbs 21:15 - joy Proverbs 22:22 - oppress Proverbs 31:9 - General Jeremiah 5:28 - judge Jeremiah 22:3 - do no violence Amos 5:24 - let

Verse 13

The blessing: Deuteronomy 24:13, Acts 9:39-41, 2 Corinthians 9:12-14, 2 Timothy 1:16-18

ready: Job 31:19, Deuteronomy 26:5, Proverbs 31:6-9, Isaiah 27:13

I caused: Deuteronomy 16:11, Nehemiah 8:10-12, Philemon 1:7

sing: Psalms 67:4, Isaiah 65:14

Reciprocal: Ruth 2:20 - Blessed Nehemiah 11:2 - blessed Job 22:9 - widows Job 24:21 - doeth not Job 31:17 - the fatherless Job 34:28 - they Psalms 68:5 - a judge Proverbs 10:6 - Blessings Proverbs 11:25 - liberal soul Proverbs 11:26 - blessing Matthew 25:35 - I was an Luke 7:12 - a widow Luke 14:13 - call Luke 18:3 - a widow Acts 6:1 - their Acts 9:41 - widows 1 Timothy 5:3 - widows James 1:27 - To visit

Verse 14

I put: Deuteronomy 24:13, Psalms 132:9, Isaiah 59:17, Isaiah 61:10, Romans 13:14, 2 Corinthians 6:7, Ephesians 6:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:8, Revelation 19:8

a diadem: Isaiah 28:5, Isaiah 62:3

Reciprocal: Job 27:5 - I will not Job 29:20 - glory Job 31:36 - a crown Job 33:9 - clean Job 34:5 - I Psalms 109:18 - As he Proverbs 31:25 - Strength Acts 24:25 - righteousness Galatians 3:27 - put Ephesians 4:24 - put Colossians 3:10 - put 1 Peter 5:5 - be clothed

Verse 15

eyes: Numbers 10:31, Matthew 11:5, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 27:18 - General Proverbs 31:9 - General Luke 7:22 - how Luke 14:13 - call

Verse 16

a father: Job 31:18, Esther 2:7, Psalms 68:5, Ephesians 5:1, James 1:27

the cause: Exodus 18:26, Deuteronomy 13:14, Deuteronomy 17:8-10, 1 Kings 3:16-28, Proverbs 25:2, Proverbs 29:7

Reciprocal: Genesis 39:19 - heard Genesis 45:8 - father Exodus 18:21 - men Judges 17:10 - a father 2 Samuel 14:8 - I will give Ezra 6:1 - and search Ezra 10:16 - to examine the matter Psalms 82:4 - Deliver Proverbs 18:13 - that Proverbs 24:25 - them Proverbs 31:9 - General Ezekiel 18:17 - hath taken Luke 14:13 - call

Verse 17

I brake: Psalms 3:7, Psalms 58:8, Proverbs 30:14

jaws: Heb. jaw teeth, or grinders

and plucked: Heb. and cast, 1 Samuel 17:35, Psalms 124:3, Psalms 124:6

Reciprocal: Job 4:10 - the teeth Psalms 58:6 - Break their Psalms 82:4 - Deliver Proverbs 24:11 - General Proverbs 31:8 - Open Jeremiah 21:12 - deliver

Verse 18

I shall die: Psalms 30:6, Psalms 30:7, Jeremiah 22:23, Jeremiah 49:16, Obadiah 1:4, Habakkuk 2:9

multiply: Job 5:26, Job 42:16, Job 42:17, Psalms 91:16

as the sand: Genesis 32:12, Genesis 41:49

Reciprocal: Numbers 24:21 - the Kenites Job 16:12 - at ease Job 30:26 - When I looked Isaiah 38:17 - for peace I had great bitterness Habakkuk 1:9 - they shall gather

Verse 19

root: Job 18:16, Psalms 1:3, Jeremiah 17:8, Hosea 14:5-7

spread out: Heb. opened

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 33:13 - the dew Job 8:17 - roots Job 16:12 - at ease Job 38:28 - dew Isaiah 26:19 - thy dew

Verse 20

glory: Job 29:14, Job 19:9, Genesis 45:13, Psalms 3:3

fresh: Heb. new

my bow: Genesis 49:24

renewed: Heb. changed, Psalms 103:5, Isaiah 40:31, 2 Corinthians 4:16

Verse 21

gave ear: Job 29:9, Job 29:10, Job 32:11, Job 32:12

Reciprocal: Job 19:9 - stripped Proverbs 10:21 - feed

Verse 22

After my: Job 32:15, Job 32:16, Job 33:31-33, Isaiah 52:15, Matthew 22:46

speech: Deuteronomy 32:2, Song of Solomon 4:11, Ezekiel 20:46, Amos 7:16, Micah 2:6, *marg.

Reciprocal: Proverbs 10:21 - feed

Verse 23

as for the rain: Psalms 72:6

the latter rain: Hosea 6:3, Zechariah 10:1

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 32:2 - drop Job 32:11 - I waited for Proverbs 16:15 - the light

Verse 24

they believed: Genesis 45:26, Psalms 126:1, Luke 24:41

the light: Psalms 4:6, Psalms 89:15

Reciprocal: Job 9:16 - would I Job 39:24 - neither Proverbs 16:15 - the light Proverbs 19:6 - will

Verse 25

chose out: Genesis 41:40, Judges 11:8, 2 Samuel 5:2, 1 Chronicles 13:1-4

dwelt: Genesis 14:14-17, Deuteronomy 33:5

one that: Job 4:3, Job 4:4, Isaiah 35:3, Isaiah 35:4, Isaiah 61:1-3, 2 Corinthians 1:3, 2 Corinthians 1:4, 2 Corinthians 7:5-7, 1 Thessalonians 3:2, 1 Thessalonians 3:3

Reciprocal: Job 1:3 - greatest Job 16:5 - But I would Proverbs 19:6 - will