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Job’s Final Defense

29 Then[a] Job again took up his discourse and said,

O that I were[b] as in the months before,
as in the days when God watched over me,
when his shining lamp was over my head—
by his light I walked through darkness—
as when I was in the days of my prime,
when God’s confiding was over my house,[c]
when Shaddaiwas still with me,
my children were all around me,
when my paths were washed in sour milk,
and the rock poured out streams of oil for me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 29:1 Hebrew “And”
  2. Job 29:2 Literally “Who shall give me”
  3. Job 29:4 Literally “tent”

29 And 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 shined [a]upon my head,
And by his light I walked through darkness;
As I was in [b]the ripeness of my days,
When the [c]friendship of God was upon my tent;
When the Almighty was yet with me,
And my children were about me;
When my steps were washed with butter,
And the rock poured me out streams of oil!

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Footnotes

  1. Job 29:3 Or, above
  2. Job 29:4 Hebrew my days of autumn.
  3. Job 29:4 Or, counsel