{"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/web/job/29","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:40:07.888Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":29,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":28,"nextChapter":30,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"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 shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was in my tent,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"when I went forth to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck 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 commended me:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had none to help him,"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"the blessing of him who 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 justice was as a robe and a diadem."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Then I said, 'I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.'"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"|Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"After my words they didn't speak again. My speech fell on them."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn't reject the light of my face."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 29 (WEB)","markdown":"[Job 29](https://primebible.com/web/job/29)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/job/29 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}