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Passage Lookup: Job 29
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Job 29:1
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Job's Final Defense
Job continued his discourse:(a)Footnotes:
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Job 29:2
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"How I long for the months gone by,(b) for the days when God watched over me,(c)
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Job 29:3
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when his lamp shone on my head and by his light I walked through darkness!(d)
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Job 29:4
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Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God's intimate friendship(e) blessed my house,(f)
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Job 29:5
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when the Almighty was still with me and my children(g) were around me,(h)
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Job 29:6
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when my path was drenched with cream(i) and the rock(j) poured out for me streams of olive oil.(k)
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Job 29:7
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"When I went to the gate(l) of the city and took my seat in the public square,
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Job 29:8
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the young men saw me and stepped aside(m) and the old men rose to their feet;(n)
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Job 29:9
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the chief men refrained from speaking(o) and covered their mouths with their hands;(p)
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Job 29:10
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the voices of the nobles were hushed,(q) and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.(r)
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Job 29:11
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Whoever heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me commended me,(s)
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Job 29:12
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because I rescued the poor(t) who cried for help, and the fatherless(u) who had none to assist them.(v)
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Job 29:13
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The one who was dying blessed me;(w) I made the widow's(x) heart sing.
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Job 29:14
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I put on righteousness(y) as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.(z)
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Job 29:15
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I was eyes(aa) to the blind and feet to the lame.(ab)
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Job 29:16
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I was a father to the needy;(ac) I took up the case(ad) of the stranger.(ae)
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Job 29:17
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I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims(af) from their teeth.(ag)
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Job 29:18
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"I thought, ‘I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.(ah)
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Job 29:19
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My roots will reach to the water,(ai) and the dew will lie all night on my branches.(aj)
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Job 29:20
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My glory will not fade;(ak) the bow(al) will be ever new in my hand.'(am)
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Job 29:21
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"People listened to me expectantly, waiting in silence for my counsel.(an)
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Job 29:22
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After I had spoken, they spoke no more;(ao) my words fell gently on their ears.(ap)
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Job 29:23
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They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain.(aq)
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Job 29:24
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When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it; the light of my face(ar) was precious to them.[a](as)
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Job 29:25
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I chose the way for them and sat as their chief;(at) I dwelt as a king(au) among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.(av)
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