{"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/erv/job/29","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:22:21.209Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":29,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":28,"nextChapter":30,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Job again took up his parable, and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"When his lamp shined upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"As I was in the ripeness of my days, when the secret of God was upon my tent;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"When the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were about me;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"When my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil!"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"When I went forth to the gate unto the city, when I prepared my seat in the street,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Because I delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless also, that had none to help him."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my justice 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 needy: and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey 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 is spread out to the waters, and the dew lieth all night upon my branch:"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"My glory is fresh in me, and my bow is renewed in my hand."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon 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 as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 29 (ERV)","markdown":"[Job 29](https://primebible.com/erv/job/29)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/job/29 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}