{"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/ylt/job/29","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T10:26:02.496Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":29,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":28,"nextChapter":30,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: — "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Who doth make me as in months past, As in the days of God's preserving me?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk through darkness."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God upon my tent."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"When yet the Mighty One is with me. Round about me — my young ones,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"When washing my goings with butter, And the firm rock is with me rivulets of oil."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen — they stood up."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth to me."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Righteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame am I."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"A father I am to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And I say, 'With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"My root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"My honour is fresh with me, And my bow in my hand is renewed."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And they wait as for rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide As for the latter rain."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"I laugh unto them — they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"I choose their way, and sit head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When mourners he doth comfort."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 29 (YLT)","markdown":"[Job 29](https://primebible.com/ylt/job/29)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/job/29 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}