{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/job/29","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T09:33:02.442Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":29,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":28,"nextChapter":30,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"When his candle shined on my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was on my tabernacle;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The nobles held their peace, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The blessing of him that was ready to perish came on me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And I broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night on my branch."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"To me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped on them."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelled as a king in the army, as one that comforts the mourners."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 29 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Job 29](https://primebible.com/akjv/job/29)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/job/29 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}