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Job chapter 29 in Hebrew and English

25 verses, about 2 minutes to read aloud. The Hebrew has its vowel points and the English stands under each verse.

The whole chapter is here, a verse to a line.

וַיֹּסֶף אִיּוֹב שְׂאֵת מְשָׁלוֹ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

And Job again took up his parable, and said:

מִי־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;

בְּהִלּוֹ נֵרוֹ עֲלֵי רֹאשִׁי לְאוֹרוֹ אֵלֶךְ חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

When His lamp shined above my head, And by His light I walked through darkness;

כַּאֲשֶׁר 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;

בְּעוֹד שַׁדַּי עִמָּדִי סְבִיבוֹתַי נְעָרָֽי׃

When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me;

בִּרְחֹץ הֲלִיכַי בְּחֵמָה וְצוּר יָצוּק עִמָּדִי פַּלְגֵי־שָֽׁמֶן׃

When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out rivers of oil!

בְּצֵאתִי 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,

רָאוּנִי נְעָרִים וְנֶחְבָּאוּ וִישִׁישִׁים קָמוּ עָמָֽדוּ׃

The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;

שָׂרִים עָצְרוּ בְמִלִּים וְכַף יָשִׂימוּ לְפִיהֶֽם׃

The princes refrained talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;

קוֹל־נְגִידִים נֶחְבָּאוּ וּלְשׁוֹנָם לְחִכָּם דָּבֵֽקָה׃

The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

כִּי אֹזֶן שָׁמְעָה וַתְּאַשְּׁרֵנִי וְעַין רָאֲתָה וַתְּעִידֵֽנִי׃

For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, And when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me;

כִּי־אֲמַלֵּט עָנִי מְשַׁוֵּעַ וְיָתוֹם וְלֹא־עֹזֵר לֽוֹ׃

Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.

בִּרְכַּת 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.

צֶדֶק לָבַשְׁתִּי וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי כִּמְעִיל וְצָנִיף מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃

I put on righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

עֵינַיִם הָיִיתִי לַעִוֵּר וְרַגְלַיִם לַפִּסֵּחַ אָֽנִי׃

I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.

אָב אָנֹכִי לָאֶבְיוֹנִים וְרִב לֹא־יָדַעְתִּי אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃

I was a father to the needy; And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

וָאֲשַׁבְּרָה מְתַלְּעוֹת עַוָּל וּמִשִּׁנָּיו אַשְׁלִיךְ טָֽרֶף׃

And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.

וָאֹמַר עִם־קִנִּי אֶגְוָע וְכַחוֹל אַרְבֶּה יָמִֽים׃

Then I said: ‘I shall die with my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;

שָׁרְשִׁי 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;

כְּבוֹדִי חָדָשׁ עִמָּדִי וְקַשְׁתִּי בְּיָדִי תַחֲלִֽיף׃

My glory shall be fresh in me, And my bow shall be renewed in my hand.’

לִי־שָׁמְעוּ וְיִחֵלּוּ וְיִדְּמוּ לְמוֹ עֲצָתִֽי׃

Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.

אַחֲרֵי דְבָרִי לֹא יִשְׁנוּ וְעָלֵימוֹ תִּטֹּף מִלָּתִֽי׃

After my words they spoke not again; And my speech dropped upon them.

וְיִחֲלוּ 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.

אֶשְׂחַק 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.

אֶבֲחַר 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.

The Hebrew is the Leningrad Codex, free to view and copy, compared letter by letter with a second edition, Miqra according to the Masorah, under the CC BY-SA licence. The English is the Jewish Publication Society translation of 1917, in the public domain.

Where this chapter stands in the Tanakh.

  • Chapter 29 of the 42 chapters of Job
  • Job is one of the Writings
  • 25 verses, 169 words, about 2 minutes to read

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Questions about this chapter

How many verses does Job chapter 29 have?

Job chapter 29 has 25 verses and 169 words.

How does Job chapter 29 begin?

The first verse begins in Hebrew with the words ויסף איוב שאת משלו.

Where does Job chapter 29 stand in the Tanakh?

It is chapter 29 of the 42 chapters of Job, which is one of the Writings.

How long does it take to read Job chapter 29?

About 2 minutes, at a steady pace.