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| Job 29:1 |
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Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, |
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| Job 29:2 |
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Oh that I were as in months past, as in the
days when God preserved me; |
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| Job 29:3 |
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When his candle shined upon my head, and when
by his light I walked through darkness; |
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| Job 29:4 |
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As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret
of God was upon my tabernacle; |
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| Job 29:5 |
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When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children
were about me; |
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| Job 29:6 |
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When I washed my steps with butter, and the
rock poured me out rivers of oil; |
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| Job 29:7 |
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When I went out to the gate through the city,
when I prepared my seat in the street! |
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| Job 29:8 |
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The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and
the aged arose, and stood up. |
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| Job 29:9 |
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The princes refrained talking, and laid their
hand on their mouth. |
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| Job 29:10 |
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The nobles held their peace, and their tongue
cleaved to the roof of their mouth. |
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| Job 29:11 |
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When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and
when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: |
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| Job 29:12 |
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Because I delivered the poor that cried, and
the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. |
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| Job 29:13 |
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The 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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| Job 29:14 |
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I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my
judgment was as a robe and a diadem. |
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| Job 29:15 |
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I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the
lame. |
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| Job 29:16 |
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I was a father to the poor: and the cause which
I knew not I searched out. |
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| Job 29:17 |
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And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked
the spoil out of his teeth. |
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| Job 29:18 |
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Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall
multiply my days as the sand. |
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| Job 29:19 |
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My root was spread out by the waters, and the
dew lay all night upon my branch. |
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| Job 29:20 |
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My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed
in my hand. |
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| Job 29:21 |
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Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence
at my counsel. |
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| Job 29:22 |
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After my words they spake not again; and my
speech dropped upon them. |
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| Job 29:23 |
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And they waited for me as for the rain; and
they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. |
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| Job 29:24 |
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If I laughed on them, they believed it not;
and the light of my countenance they cast not down. |
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| Job 29:25 |
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I 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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