Job 29
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1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
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2Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
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3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
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4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
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5When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
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6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
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7When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
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8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
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9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
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10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
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11When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
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12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
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13The 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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14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
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15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
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16I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
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17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
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18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
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19My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
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20My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
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21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
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22After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
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23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
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24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
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25I 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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Chapter 29
Cross References
Job 29:1
Job 29:2
Jeremiah 31:28And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, a...Job 1:10Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that h...Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect...Jude 1:1Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sancti...Psalms 37:28For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved f...
Job 29:3
Psalms 18:28For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.John 8:12¶ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying,I am the light of the world: he that...Job 18:6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with...Ephesians 5:8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as childr...John 12:46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abid...
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Psalms 25:14The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his cov...Proverbs 3:32For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous...Job 1:10Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that h...Job 15:8Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?Psalms 27:5For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of hi...
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Psalms 128:3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children l...Psalms 127:3Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his rewar...Song of Solomon 3:1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found h...Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he s...Song of Solomon 2:4He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
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Psalms 81:16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of...Job 20:17He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.Deuteronomy 32:13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase...Deuteronomy 33:24¶ And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptabl...Genesis 49:11Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he wash...
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Ruth 4:1Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman...Zechariah 8:16¶ These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his nei...Ruth 4:11And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses...Deuteronomy 16:18¶ Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy...Job 31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the ga...
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Leviticus 19:32¶ Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man,...Romans 13:7Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to wh...Proverbs 16:31The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.Titus 3:1Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates...1 Peter 5:5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subje...
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Job 21:5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.Job 40:4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.Proverbs 30:32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil,...Proverbs 10:19In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips...James 1:19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, s...
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Luke 4:22And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out...Proverbs 29:2When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bea...Job 31:20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of m...Luke 11:27¶ And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company...
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Psalms 72:12For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath...Proverbs 21:13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but s...James 1:27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fath...Deuteronomy 10:18He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the strange...Psalms 82:2How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Cross References
Job 29:1
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Jeremiah 31:28And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, a...Job 1:10Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that h...Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect...Jude 1:1Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sancti...Psalms 37:28For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved f...
Job 29:3
Psalms 18:28For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.John 8:12¶ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying,I am the light of the world: he that...Job 18:6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with...Ephesians 5:8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as childr...John 12:46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abid...
Job 29:4
Psalms 25:14The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his cov...Proverbs 3:32For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous...Job 1:10Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that h...Job 15:8Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?Psalms 27:5For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of hi...
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Psalms 128:3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children l...Psalms 127:3Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his rewar...Song of Solomon 3:1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found h...Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he s...Song of Solomon 2:4He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
Job 29:6
Psalms 81:16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of...Job 20:17He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.Deuteronomy 32:13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase...Deuteronomy 33:24¶ And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptabl...Genesis 49:11Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he wash...
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Ruth 4:1Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman...Zechariah 8:16¶ These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his nei...Ruth 4:11And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses...Deuteronomy 16:18¶ Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy...Job 31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the ga...
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Leviticus 19:32¶ Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man,...Romans 13:7Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to wh...Proverbs 16:31The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.Titus 3:1Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates...1 Peter 5:5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subje...
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Job 21:5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.Job 40:4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.Proverbs 30:32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil,...Proverbs 10:19In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips...James 1:19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, s...
Job 29:10
Job 29:11
Luke 4:22And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out...Proverbs 29:2When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bea...Job 31:20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of m...Luke 11:27¶ And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company...
Job 29:12
Psalms 72:12For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath...Proverbs 21:13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but s...James 1:27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fath...Deuteronomy 10:18He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the strange...Psalms 82:2How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.