Job 29

Job · Chapter 29

Job 29:4

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

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
just asכַּאֲשֶׁ֣רka-'a-SHERH0834D
as which

כַּאֲשֶׁר (ka.a.sher) conj 1) according as, as, when 1a) according to that which, according as, as 1b) with a causal force: in so far as, since 1c) with a temporal force: when

I wasהָ֭יִיתִיHA-yi-tiH1961
to be

הָיָה (ha.yah) 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) --- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) …

in [the] days ofבִּימֵ֣יbi-MEIH3117G
day

יוֹם (yom) : day/when/time/period 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

prime myחָרְפִּ֑יcha-re-PIH2779
autumn

חֹ֫רֶף (cho.reph) 1) harvest time, autumn 2) (CLBL) winter

in [the] intimacy ofבְּס֥וֹדbe-SODH5475
counsel

סוֹד (sod) 1) council, counsel, assembly 1a) council (of familiar conversation) 1a1) divan, circle (of familiar friends) 1a2) assembly, company 1b) counsel 1b1) counsel (itself) 1b2) secret counsel 1b3) familiar converse, intimacy (with God)

Godאֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ'e-LO-ahH0433
god

אֱלָהּ (e.lah) 1) god, God 1a) god, heathen deity 1b) God (of Israel)

onעֲלֵ֣י'a-LEIH5921A
upon

עַל (al) prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) …

tent myאָהֳלִֽי׃'o-ho-LIH0168G
tent

אֹ֫הֶל (o.hel) : tent 1) tent 1a) nomad's tent, and thus symbolic of wilderness life, transience 1b) dwelling, home, habitation 1c) the sacred tent of Jehovah (the tabernacle) Also means: o.hel (אֹ֫הֶל ": home" H0168H)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.