My LORD’s BibleJob 29
2Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
מִי־יִתְּנֵנִי כְיַרְחֵי־קֶדֶם כִּימֵי אֱלֹוהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵנִי׃ (1694)
See also: Psalms 51:12, Job 1:1-5, Job 1:10, Psalms 42:4, Jeremiah 31:28, Job 7:3, Job 9:34, Job 13:24, Psalms 37:28, Lamentations 1:7, Jude 1:1
3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
בְּהִלֹּו נֵרֹו עֲלֵי רֹאשִׁי לְאֹורֹו אֵלֶךְ חֹשֶׁךְ׃ (1542)
See also: Psalms 119:105, Psalms 27:1, Job 22:28, Psalms 18:28, John 8:12, Job 18:6, John 12:46, Ephesians 5:8, 2 Samuel 22:29, Psalms 89:15, Job 11:17, Psalms 36:9, Psalms 84:11, Proverbs 24:20, Isaiah 50:10, Psalms 23:4, Proverbs 13:9, Isaiah 2:4, Ephesians 5:14, Job 21:17
4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיִיתִי בִּימֵי חָרְפִּי בְּסֹוד אֱלֹוהַּ עֲלֵי אָהֳלִי׃ (1586)
See also: Psalms 25:14, Proverbs 3:32, Genesis 4:7, Job 1:10, Job 15:8, Psalms 27:5, Psalms 91:1, Colossians 3:3
5When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
בְּעֹוד דַּי עִמָּדִי סְבִיבֹותַי נְעָרָי׃ (1040)
See also: Psalms 128:3, Psalms 127:3-5, Deuteronomy 33:27-29, Joshua 1:9, Psalms 30:7, Song of Solomon 2:4, Song of Solomon 3:1-2, Judges 6:12-13, Job 1:2-5, Job 16:7, Job 23:3, Job 23:8-10, Job 42:13-16, Psalms 43:2, Psalms 44:8-9, Jeremiah 14:8, Matthew 9:15, Proverbs 17:6
6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
בִּרְחֹץ הֲלִיכַי בְּחֵמָה וְצוּר יָצוּק עִמָּדִי פַּלְגֵי־שָׁמֶן׃ (1575)
See also: Deuteronomy 33:24, Deuteronomy 32:13, Psalms 81:16, Job 20:17, Genesis 49:11, Job 1:10, Psalms 58:10, Micah 6:7, Joel 3:18
7When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
בְּצֵאתִי שַׁעַר עֲלֵי־קָרֶת בָּרְחֹוב אָכִין מֹושָׁבִי׃ (2540)
See also: Deuteronomy 16:18, Ruth 4:1-2, Job 19:9, Zechariah 8:16, Romans 13:6, Judges 5:11, Ruth 4:11, Proverbs 8:3, Proverbs 31:23, Luke 18:2, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 34:20, Exodus 18:13, Deuteronomy 21:19, Deuteronomy 25:1, Joshua 20:4, Job 22:8, Job 31:21, Proverbs 24:7, Jeremiah 22:3
8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
רָאוּנִי נְעָרִים וְנֶחְבָּאוּ וִישִׁישִׁים קָמוּ עָמָדוּ׃ (1652)
See also: Leviticus 19:32, Proverbs 16:31, Romans 13:7, Titus 3:1, 1 Peter 5:5, Job 30:1, Proverbs 20:8, Romans 13:3-4, 1 Peter 2:17, Titus 2:6
9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
רִים עָצְרוּ בְמִלִּים וְכַף יָשִׂימוּ לְפִיהֶם׃ (1375)
See also: Job 40:4, Job 21:5, Judges 18:19, Job 1:3, Proverbs 10:19, Job 29:21, Proverbs 30:32, Micah 7:16, James 1:19, Job 4:2, Job 7:11, Isaiah 52:15
10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
קֹול־נְגִידִים נֶחְבָּאוּ וּלְשֹׁונָם לְחִכָּם דָּבֵקָה׃ (961)
11When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
כִּי אֹזֶן מְעָה וַתְּאַשְּׁרֵנִי וְעַיִן רָאֲתָה וַתְּעִידֵנִי׃ (2462)
See also: Proverbs 28:12, Luke 4:22, Deuteronomy 24:17, Job 31:20, Proverbs 29:2, Deuteronomy 1:17, Deuteronomy 24:13, 2 Samuel 14:22, Job 32:1, Proverbs 29:14, 1 Thessalonians 2:10, Matthew 25:17, Luke 11:27, 1 Corinthians 12:21
12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
כִּי־אֲמַלֵּט עָנִי מְשַׁוֵּעַ וְיָתֹום וְלֹא־עֹזֵר לֹו׃ (1468)
See also: James 1:27, Psalms 72:12, Amos 5:24, Job 4:6, Psalms 82:4, Proverbs 21:13, Psalms 41:1, Proverbs 22:22, Exodus 22:22-24, Ruth 2:20, Job 34:28, Job 36:6, Psalms 68:5, Proverbs 31:8, Deuteronomy 10:18, Job 31:21, Psalms 82:2-4, Proverbs 21:15, Proverbs 24:11-12, Proverbs 31:9
13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
בִּרְכַּת אֹבֵד עָלַי תָּבֹא וְלֵב אַלְמָנָה אַרְנִן׃ (1607)
See also: Proverbs 11:25, Matthew 25:35, Proverbs 10:6, Proverbs 11:26, Luke 18:3, Job 22:9, Job 24:21, Job 31:19-20, Proverbs 31:6, Isaiah 27:13, 1 Timothy 5:3, 2 Timothy 1:16-18, Philemon 1:7, Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteronomy 24:13, Deuteronomy 26:5, Nehemiah 8:10-12, Nehemiah 11:2, Psalms 67:4, Isaiah 65:14
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
צֶדֶק לָבַשְׁתִּי וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי כִּמְעִיל וְצָנִיף מִשְׁפָּטִי׃ (2189)
See also: 1 Peter 5:5, Proverbs 31:25, Romans 13:14, Isaiah 61:10, Isaiah 59:17, Psalms 132:9, Galatians 3:27, Ephesians 4:24, Ephesians 6:14, Job 27:6, Colossians 3:10, Revelation 19:8, Isaiah 28:5, Isaiah 62:3, Zechariah 3:5, 2 Corinthians 6:7, 1 Thessalonians 5:8, Deuteronomy 24:13, Job 33:9, Job 27:5
15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
עֵינַיִם הָיִיתִי לַעִוֵּר וְרַגְלַיִם לַפִּסֵּחַ אָנִי׃ (1449)
See also: Luke 14:13, Proverbs 31:9, Numbers 10:31, Deuteronomy 27:18, Matthew 11:5, Luke 7:22, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31
16I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
אָב אָנֹכִי לָאֶבְיֹונִים וְרִב לֹא־יָדַעְתִּי אֶחְקְרֵהוּ׃ (1286)
See also: Proverbs 29:7, Proverbs 25:2, Psalms 82:4, Psalms 68:5, Genesis 45:8, Exodus 18:21, Esther 2:7, Job 24:4, Job 31:18, Proverbs 18:13, Genesis 39:19, Exodus 18:26, Deuteronomy 13:14, Deuteronomy 17:8-10, Judges 17:10, 2 Samuel 14:8, 1 Kings 3:16-28, Ezra 6:1, Ezra 10:16, Proverbs 24:25
17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
וָאֲשַׁבְּרָה מְתַלְּעֹות עַוָּל וּמִשִּׁנָּיו אַשְׁלִיךְ טָרֶף׃ (2628)
See also: Psalms 3:7, Proverbs 24:11, Proverbs 30:14, 1 Samuel 17:35, Psalms 58:6, Psalms 58:8, Psalms 124:6, Job 4:10, Psalms 124:3, Jeremiah 21:12
18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
וָאֹמַר עִם־קִנִּי אֶגְוָע וְכַחֹול אַרְבֶּה יָמִים׃ (975)
See also: Psalms 30:6-7, Isaiah 38:17, Genesis 32:12, Job 5:26, Job 42:16-17, Psalms 91:16, Jeremiah 49:16, Obadiah 1:4, Genesis 41:49, Numbers 24:21, Job 16:12, Job 30:26, Jeremiah 22:23, Habakkuk 1:9, Habakkuk 2:9
20My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
כְּבֹודִי חָדָשׁ עִמָּדִי וְקַשְׁתִּי בְּיָדִי תַחֲלִיף׃ (1848)
See also: Genesis 49:24, Isaiah 40:31, Genesis 45:13, Psalms 3:3, Psalms 18:34, Psalms 103:5, 2 Corinthians 4:16, Job 19:9, Job 29:14
21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
לִי־שָׁמְעוּ וְיִחֵלּוּ וְיִדְּמוּ לְמֹו עֲצָתִי׃ (1228)
22After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
אַחֲרֵי דְבָרִי לֹא יִשְׁנוּ וְעָלֵימֹו תִּטֹּף מִלָּתִי׃ (1963)
See also: Deuteronomy 32:2, Song of Solomon 4:11, Isaiah 52:15, Ezekiel 20:46, Matthew 22:46, Job 32:15-16, Job 33:31-33, Amos 7:16, Micah 2:6
23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
וְיִחֲלוּ כַמָּטָר לִי וּפִיהֶם פָּעֲרוּ לְמַלְקֹושׁ׃ (1372)
24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
אֶשְׂחַק אֲלֵהֶם לֹא יַאֲמִינוּ וְאֹור פָּנַי לֹא יַפִּילוּן׃ (1203)
See also: Psalms 4:6, Psalms 89:15, Psalms 126:1, Genesis 45:26, Proverbs 19:6, Luke 24:41, Job 9:16, Job 39:24
25I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
אֶבֲחַר דַּרְכָּם וְאֵשֵׁב רֹאשׁ וְאֶשְׁכֹּון כְּמֶלֶךְ בַּגְּדוּד כַּאֲשֶׁר אֲבֵלִים יְנַחֵם׃ (2509)
See also: Job 1:3, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, Genesis 14:14-17, Genesis 41:40, Judges 11:8, Isaiah 35:3-4, Isaiah 61:1-3, 1 Thessalonians 3:2-3, Deuteronomy 33:5, 2 Samuel 5:2, 1 Chronicles 13:1-4, Job 4:3-4, Job 16:5, Job 31:37, 2 Corinthians 7:5-7