Job Chapter 29 verse 13 Holy Bible
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
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The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.
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The blessing of him that was perishing came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
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The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
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The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
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The blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
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The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me (comp. ver. 11). Oppression in the East sometimes drives its victims to actual starvation or to suicide. Isaiah calls the oppressors against whom he inveighs "murderers" (Isaiah 1:21). These "perishing" ones Job often saved, and they "blessed" him. And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. How cold are the words of Ameni, "No widow have I oppressed," compared with these! Job was not content with mere abstinence from evil, mere negative virtue. He so actively and effectually relieved distress that affliction was turned into happiness, and lamentation into rejoicing.