Job 29:11
When the ear heard {me}, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw {me}, it gave witness to me:
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And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. {in...: or, increased}
If his loins have not blessed me, and {if} he were {not} warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed {is} the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
When righteous {men} do rejoice, {there is} great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden. {hidden: or, sought for}
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, {nor} of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant. {thanked: Heb. blessed} {his servant: or, thy servant}
If his loins have not blessed me, and {if} he were {not} warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he {was} righteous in his own eyes. {to...: Heb. from answering}
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Ye {are} witnesses, and God {also}, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; {but} ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment {is} God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring {it} unto me, and I will hear it. {respect...: Heb. acknowledge faces}
And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
And likewise he that {had received} two, he also gained other two.