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Job 29:19

Verse 19 of 25. The 29th of 42 chapters in Job, in Poetry and Wisdom.

15I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.

16I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.

17I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

18Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house, I will count my days as the sand.

19My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.

20My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’

21“Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.

22After my words they didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them.

23They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.