Job 2925 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence.29:1וַיֹּסֶף אִיּוֹב שְׂאֵת מְשָׁלוֹ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃And Job again took up his parable, and said:29:2מִֽי־יִתְּנֵנִי כְיַרְחֵי־קֶדֶם כִּימֵי אֱלוֹהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי׃Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;29:3בְּהִלּוֹ נֵרוֹ עֲלֵי רֹאשִׁי לְאוֹרוֹ אֵלֶךְ חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃When His lamp shined above my head, and by His light I walked through darkness;29:4כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיִיתִי בִּימֵי חָרְפִּי בְּסוֹד אֱלוֹהַּ עֲלֵי אָהֳלִֽי׃As I was in the days of my youth, when the converse of God was upon my tent;29:5בְּעוֹד שַׁדַּי עִמָּדִי סְבִיבוֹתַי נְעָרָֽי׃When the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were about me;29:6בִּרְחֹץ הֲלִיכַי בְּחֵמָה וְצוּר יָצוּק עִמָּדִי פַּלְגֵי־שָֽׁמֶן׃When my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil!29:7בְּצֵאתִי שַׁעַר עֲלֵי־קָרֶת בָּרְחוֹב אָכִין מוֹשָׁבִֽי׃When I went forth to the gate unto the city, when I prepared my seat in the broad place,29:8רָאוּנִי נְעָרִים וְנֶחְבָּאוּ וִֽישִׁישִׁים קָמוּ עָמָֽדוּ׃The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood;29:9שָׂרִים עָצְרוּ בְמִלִּים וְכַף יָשִׂימוּ לְפִיהֶֽם׃The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth;29:10קוֹל־נְגִידִים נֶחְבָּאוּ וּלְשׁוֹנָם לְחִכָּם דָּבֵֽקָה׃The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.29:11כִּי אֹזֶן שָׁמְעָה וַֽתְּאַשְּׁרֵנִי וְעַיִן רָאֲתָה וַתְּעִידֵֽנִי׃For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me;29:12כִּֽי־אֲמַלֵּט עָנִי מְשַׁוֵּעַ וְיָתוֹם וְֽלֹא־עֹזֵר לֽוֹ׃Because I delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless also, that had none to help him.29:13בִּרְכַּת אֹבֵד עָלַי תָּבֹא וְלֵב אַלְמָנָה אַרְנִֽן׃The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.29:14צֶדֶק לָבַשְׁתִּי וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי כִּֽמְעִיל וְצָנִיף מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃I put on righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; my justice was as a robe and a diadem.29:15עֵינַיִם הָיִיתִי לַֽעִוֵּר וְרַגְלַיִם לַפִּסֵּחַ אָֽנִי׃I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.29:16אָב אָנֹכִֽי לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִים וְרִב לֹא־יָדַעְתִּי אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃I was a father to the needy; and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.29:17וָֽאֲשַׁבְּרָה מְתַלְּעוֹת עַוָּל וּמִשִּׁנָּיו אַשְׁלִיךְ טָֽרֶף׃And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.29:18וָאֹמַר עִם־קִנִּי אֶגְוָע וְכַחוֹל אַרְבֶּה יָמִֽים׃Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;29:19שָׁרְשִׁי פָתוּחַ אֱלֵי־מָיִם וְטַל יָלִין בִּקְצִירִֽי׃My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew shall lie all night upon my branch;29:20כְּבוֹדִי חָדָשׁ עִמָּדִי וְקַשְׁתִּי בְּיָדִי תַחֲלִֽיף׃My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow shall be renewed in my hand.'29:21לִֽי־שָׁמְעוּ וְיִחֵלּוּ וְיִדְּמוּ לְמוֹ עֲצָתִֽי׃Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.29:22אַחֲרֵי דְבָרִי לֹא יִשְׁנוּ וְעָלֵימוֹ תִּטֹּף מִלָּתִֽי׃After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped upon them.29:23וְיִֽחֲלוּ כַמָּטָר לִי וּפִיהֶם פָּעֲרוּ לְמַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.29:24אֶשְׂחַק אֲלֵהֶם לֹא יַאֲמִינוּ וְאוֹר פָּנַי לֹא יַפִּילֽוּן׃If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.29:25אֶֽבֲחַר דַּרְכָּם וְאֵשֵׁב רֹאשׁ וְאֶשְׁכּוֹן כְּמֶלֶךְ בַּגְּדוּד כַּאֲשֶׁר אֲבֵלִים יְנַחֵֽם׃I chose out their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.← previousJob 28next →Job 30↑ back to JobThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/29/