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Job 29:1

Then Job continued his speech:

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Parable;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Parable;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Interesting facts about the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Proverb;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Job continued his discourse, saying:
Hebrew Names Version
Iyov again took up his parable, and said,
King James Version
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
English Standard Version
And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
New Century Version
Job continued to speak:
Amplified Bible
And Job again took up his discussion and said,
New American Standard Bible
Job again took up his discourse and said,
World English Bible
Job again took up his parable, and said,
Geneva Bible (1587)
So Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
And Job continued to lift up his discourse and said,
Berean Standard Bible
And Job continued his discourse:
Contemporary English Version
Job Continues Job said:
Complete Jewish Bible
Iyov went on speaking:
Darby Translation
And Job continued his parable and said,
Easy-to-Read Version
Job continued to speak:
George Lamsa Translation
MOREOVER Job continued his parable, and said,
Good News Translation
Job began speaking again.
Lexham English Bible
Then Job again took up his discourse and said,
Literal Translation
And Job continued the lifting up of his discourse, and said:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So Iob proceaded and wete forth in his communicacion, sayenge:
American Standard Version
And Job again took up his parable, and said,
Bible in Basic English
And Job again took up the word and said,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Job again took up his parable, and said:
King James Version (1611)
Moreouer Iob continued his parable, and said,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So Iob proceeded and went foorth in his parable, saying:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Job continued and said in his parable,
English Revised Version
And Job again took up his parable, and said,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also Joob addide, takynge his parable, and seide,
Update Bible Version
And Job again took up his parable, and said,
Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover, Job continued his parable, and said,
New King James Version
Job further continued his discourse, and said:
New Living Translation
Job continued speaking:
New Life Bible
Then Job spoke again and said,
New Revised Standard
Job again took up his discourse and said:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Job again took up his measure, and said,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:
Revised Standard Version
And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
Young's Literal Translation
And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: --
THE MESSAGE
Job now resumed his response: "Oh, how I long for the good old days, when God took such very good care of me. He always held a lamp before me and I walked through the dark by its light. Oh, how I miss those golden years when God's friendship graced my home, When the Mighty One was still by my side and my children were all around me, When everything was going my way, and nothing seemed too difficult.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And Job again took up his discourse and said,

Contextual Overview

1 Then Job continued his speech: 2 "O that I could be as I was in the months now gone, in the days when God watched over me, 3 when he caused his lamp to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness; 4 just as I was in my most productive time, when God's intimate friendship was experienced in my tent, 5 when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me; 6 when my steps were bathed with butter and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

continued: Heb. added to take up, Job 27:1

Reciprocal: Numbers 23:7 - he took Job 34:29 - When he giveth

Cross-References

Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed with all kinds of gifts from his master at his disposal. He journeyed to the region of Aram Naharaim and the city of Nahor.
Genesis 25:20
When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.
Genesis 29:5
So he said to them, "Do you know Laban, the grandson of Nahor?" "We know him," they said.
Genesis 29:7
Then Jacob said, "Since it is still the middle of the day, it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. You should water the sheep and then go and let them graze some more."
Genesis 29:20
So Jacob worked for seven years to acquire Rachel. But they seemed like only a few days to him because his love for her was so great.
Genesis 29:23
In the evening he brought his daughter Leah to Jacob, and Jacob had marital relations with her.
Numbers 23:7
Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying, "Balak, the king of Moab, brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, ‘Come, pronounce a curse on Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.'
Judges 6:3
Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them.
Judges 6:33
All the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east assembled. They crossed the Jordan River and camped in the Jezreel Valley.
Judges 7:12
Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east covered the valley like a swarm of locusts. Their camels could not be counted; they were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Moreover, Job continued his parable,.... Or "added to take [it] up" q, that is, he took it up again, and went on with his discourse; he made a pause for awhile, waiting to observe whether any of his three friends would return an answer to what he had said; but perceiving they were not inclined to make any reply, he began again, and gave an account of his former life, in order to show that he was far from being the wicked man, or being so accounted by others, as his friends had represented him:

and said; as follows.

q ויוסף שאת "addidit assumere", Montanus, Bolducius, Mercerus; "addidit tollere", Drusius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Moreover, Job continued his parable - See the notes at Job 27:1. It is probable that Job had paused to see if anyone would attempt a reply. As his friends were silent, he resumed his remarks and went into a more full statement of his sufferings. The fact that Job more than once paused in his addresses to give his friends an opportunity to speak, and that they were silent when they seemed called upon to vindicate their former sentiments, was what particularly roused the wrath of Elihu and induced him to answer; Job 32:2-5.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXIX

Job laments his present condition, and gives an affecting

account of his former prosperity, having property in

abundance, being surrounded by a numerous family, and enjoying

every mark of the approbation of God, 1-6.

Speaks of the respect he had from the young, 7, 8;

and from the nobles, 9, 10.

Details his conduct as a magistrate and judge in supporting

the poor, and repressing the wicked, 11-17;

his confidence, general prosperity, and respect, 18-25.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXIX


 
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