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1. And Job continued and said in his parable,
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1. Moreover H3254 Job H347 continued H5375 his parable H4912 , and said H559 ,
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2. Oh that I were as in months past, wherein God preserved me!
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2. Oh that H4310 I were H5414 as in months H3391 past H6924 , as in the days H3117 when God H433 preserved H8104 me;
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3. As when his lamp shone over my head; when by his light I walked through darkness.
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3. When his candle H5216 shined H1984 upon H5921 my head H7218 , and when by his light H216 I walked H1980 through darkness H2822 ;
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4. As when I steadfastly Gr. pressed heavily on pursued my ways, when God took care of my house.
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4. As H834 I was H1961 in the days H3117 of my youth H2779 , when the secret H5475 of God H433 was upon H5921 my tabernacle H168 ;
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5. When I was very Gr. woody fruitful, and my children were about me;
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5. When the Almighty H7706 was yet H5750 with H5978 me, when my children H5288 were about H5439 me;
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6. when my ways were moistened with butter, and the mountains Gr. poured forth flowed for me with milk.
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6. When I washed H7364 my steps H1978 with butter H2529 , and the rock H6697 poured me out H6694 H5978 rivers H6388 of oil H8081 ;
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7. When I went forth early in the city, and the seat was placed for me in the streets.
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7. When I went out H3318 to the gate H8179 through H5921 the city H7176 , when I prepared H3559 my seat H4186 in the street H7339 !
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8. The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and all the old men stood up.
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8. The young men H5288 saw H7200 me , and hid themselves H2244 : and the aged H3453 arose H6965 , and stood up H5975 .
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9. And the great men ceased speaking, and laid their finger on their mouth.
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9. The princes H8269 refrained H6113 talking H4405 , and laid H7760 their hand H3709 on their mouth H6310 .
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10. And they that heard me blessed me, and their tongue clave to their throat.
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10. The nobles H5057 held H2244 their peace H6963 , and their tongue H3956 cleaved H1692 to the roof of their mouth H2441 .
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11. For the ear heard, and blessed me; and the eye saw me, and turned aside.
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11. When H3588 the ear H241 heard H8085 me , then it blessed H833 me ; and when the eye H5869 saw H7200 me , it gave witness H5749 to me:
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12. For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper.
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12. Because H3588 I delivered H4422 the poor H6041 that cried H7768 , and the fatherless H3490 , and him that had none H3808 to help H5826 him.
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13. Let the blessing of the perishing one come upon me; yea, the mouth of the widow has blessed me.
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13. The blessing H1293 of him that was ready to perish H6 came H935 upon H5921 me : and I caused the widow H490 's heart H3820 to sing for joy H7442 .
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14. Also I put on righteousness, and clothed myself with judgement like a mantle.
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14. I put on H3847 righteousness H6664 , and it clothed H3847 me : my judgment H4941 was as a robe H4598 and a diadem H6797 .
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15. I was the eye of the blind, and the foot of the lame.
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15. I was H1961 eyes H5869 to the blind H5787 , and feet H7272 was I H589 to the lame H6455 .
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16. I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not.
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16. I H595 was a father H1 to the poor H34 : and the cause H7379 which I knew H3045 not H3808 I searched out H2713 .
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17. And I broke the jaw-teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.
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17. And I broke H7665 the jaws H4973 of the wicked H5767 , and plucked H7993 the spoil H2964 out of his teeth H4480 H8127 .
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18. And I said, My age shall continue as the stem of a palm-tree; I shall live a long while.
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18. Then I said H559 , I shall die H1478 in H5973 my nest H7064 , and I shall multiply H7235 my days H3117 as the sand H2344 .
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19. My root was spread out by the water, and the dew would lodge on my crop.
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19. My root H8328 was spread out H6605 by H413 the waters H4325 , and the dew H2919 lay all night H3885 upon my branch H7105 .
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20. My glory was fresh in me, and by bow prospered in his hand.
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20. My glory H3519 was fresh H2319 in H5978 me , and my bow H7198 was renewed H2498 in my hand H3027 .
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21. Men heard me, and gave heed, and they were silent at my counsel.
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21. Unto me men gave ear H8085 , and waited H3176 , and kept silence H1826 at H3926 my counsel H6098 .
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22. At my word they spoke not again, and they were very glad whenever I spoke to them.
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22. After H310 my words H1697 they spoke not again H8138 H3808 and my speech H4405 dropped H5197 upon H5921 them.
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23. As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, so they waited for my speech.
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23. And they waited H3176 for me as for the rain H4306 ; and they opened H6473 their mouth H6310 wide as for the latter rain H4456 .
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24. Were I to laugh on them, they would not believe it; and the light of my face has not failed.
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24. If I laughed H7832 on H413 them , they believed H539 it not H3808 ; and the light H216 of my countenance H6440 they cast not down H5307 H3808 .
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25. I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the midst of warriors, as one comforting mourners.
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25. I chose out H977 their way H1870 , and sat H3427 chief H7218 , and dwelt H7931 as a king H4428 in the army H1416 , as H834 one that comforteth H5162 the mourners H57 .
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