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Job 29
Easy-to-Read Version, 2006
- 1Job continued to speak:
- 2“I wish my life could be the same as it was a few months ago, when God watched over me and cared for me.
- 3God’s light shined above me, so I could walk through the darkness.
- 4I wish for the days when I was successful, when I enjoyed God’s friendship and blessing in my home.
- 5God All-Powerful was still with me then, and my children were all around me.
- 6Life was so good that I washed my feet in cream and had plenty of the finest oils.[1]
- 7“Those were the days when I went to the city gate and sat in the public meeting of the elders.
- 8When the young men saw me coming, they stepped out of my way. And the old men stood up to show they respected me.
- 9The leaders of the people stopped talking and put their hands over their mouths.
- 10Even the most important leaders were quiet, as if their tongues were stuck to the roof of their mouths.
- 11All who heard me said good things about me. Those who saw what I did praised me,
- 12because I helped the poor when they cried out. I helped the orphans who had no one to care for them.
- 13People who were dying asked God to bless me. My help brought joy to widows in need.
- 14Right living was my clothing. Fairness was my robe and turban.
- 15I was like eyes for the blind, like feet for the crippled.