My LORD’s BibleJob 29
1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
וַיֹּסֶף אִיֹּוב שְׂאֵת מְשָׁלֹו וַיֹּאמַר׃ (1509)
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
19My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
שָׁרְשִׁי פָתוּחַ אֱלֵי־מָיִם וְטַל יָלִין בִּקְצִירִי׃ (1992)
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