Job’s Past Was Glorious

29 Job again took up his (A)discourse and said,

“Oh that I were as in months gone by,
As in the days when God (B)watched over me;
When (C)His lamp shone over my head,
And (D)by His light I walked through darkness;
Just as I was in the days of my youth,
When the (E)protection of God was over my tent;
When [a]the Almighty was still with me,
And my children were around me;
When my steps were bathed in (F)cream,
And the (G)rock poured out streams of oil for me!

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Footnotes

  1. Job 29:5 Heb Shaddai

Job Finishes His Defense

29 Job again took up his discourse and said:(A)

“O that I were as in the months of old,
    as in the days when God watched over me,(B)
when his lamp shone over my head,
    and by his light I walked through darkness,(C)
when I was in my prime,
    when the friendship of God was upon my tent,(D)
when the Almighty[a] was still with me,
    when my children were around me,
when my steps were washed with milk
    and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 29.5 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai