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Job 29 — Sermon Preparation
Job recalls the days of his prosperity when God's lamp shone over him, the poor came to him for help, and the elders rose in his presence. Below is a research summary for Job 29, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- classic sermon excerpts
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Job 29 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| חָבָא | châbâʼ | H2244 | 2 | secrete |
| יָחַל | yâchal | H3176 | 2 | wait, be patient |
| אֱלוֹהַּ | ʼĕlôwahh | H433 | 2 | deity, Deity |
| מִלָּה | millâh | H4405 | 2 | word, discourse |
| לָבַשׁ | lâbash | H3847 | 2 | wrap around, put on a garment |
| אוֹר | ʼôwr | H216 | 2 | illumination, luminary |
| נַעַר | naʻar | H5288 | 2 | boy, servant |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Job 29, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Being thus honoured and useful, Job had hoped to die in peace and honour, in a good old age. If such an expectation arise from lively faith in the providence and promise of God, it is well; but if from conceit of our own wisdom, and dependence on changeable, earthly things, it is ill grounded, and turns to sin. Every one that has the spirit of wisdom, has not the spirit of government; but Job had both. Yet he had the tenderness of a comforter. This he thought upon with pleasure, when he was himself a mourner. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Job 29:18–30 (Public Domain)
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