{"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/kjv/job/29","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T02:39:18.826Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 <i>in</i> months past, as <i>in</i> the days <i>when</i> God preserved me;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"When his candle shined upon my head, <i>and when</i> by his light I walked <i>through</i> darkness;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God <i>was</i> upon my tabernacle;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"When the Almighty <i>was</i> yet with me, <i>when</i> my children <i>were</i> 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, <i>when</i> I prepared my seat in the street!"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, <i>and</i> stood up."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The princes refrained talking, and laid <i>their</i> hand on their mouth."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"When the ear heard <i>me</i>, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw <i>me</i>, it gave witness to me:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and <i>him that had</i> 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 judgment <i>was</i> as a robe and a diadem."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I was eyes to the blind, and feet <i>was</i> I to the lame."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"I <i>was</i> a father to the poor: and the cause <i>which</i> I knew not I searched out."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And I brake 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 <i>my</i> days as the sand."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"My root <i>was</i> spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"My glory <i>was</i> fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Unto me <i>men</i> gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at 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 <i>as</i> for the latter rain."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"<i>If</i> I laughed on them, they believed <i>it</i> not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one <i>that</i> comforteth the mourners."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 29 (KJV)","markdown":"[Job 29](https://primebible.com/kjv/job/29)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/job/29 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}