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29 Job again took up his parable, and said,

“Oh that I were as in the months of old,
    as in the days when God watched over me;
when his lamp shone on my head,
    and by his light I walked through darkness,
as I was in my prime,
    when the friendship of God was in my tent,
when the Almighty was yet with me,
    and my children were around me,
when my steps were washed with butter,
    and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,

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Job’s Summary Defense

29 Job further continued his discourse, and said:

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

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Footnotes

  1. Job 29:6 So with ancient vss. and a few Heb. mss. (cf. Job 20:17); MT wrath