23 They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers. 24 If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious. 25 I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
Job 29:23–25
Semantically similar passages
Odes of Solomon 36:3–5
3 The Spirit brought me forth before the face of the Lord: and, although a son of man, I was named the Illuminate, the Son of God: (ODE) 4 While I praised amongst the praising ones, and great was I amongst the mighty ones. (ODE) 5 For according to the greatness of the Most High,… (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 1:1–3
1 The Lord is on my head like a crown, and I shall not be without Him. (ODE) 2 They wove for me a crown of truth, and it caused thy branches to bud in me. (ODE) 3 For it is not like a withered crown which buddeth not: but thou livest upon my head, and thou hast blossomed upon my… (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 21:4–6
4 And increasingly helpful to me was the thought of the Lord, and His fellowship in incorruption: (ODE) 5 And I was lifted up in His light; and I served before Him, (ODE) 6 And I became near to Him, praising and confessing Him; (ODE)
Job 29:10–12
10 The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths. 11 For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me, 12 because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
Odes of Solomon 10:6–8
6 And the Gentiles were gathered together who were scattered abroad. (ODE) 7 And I was unpolluted by my love for them, because they confessed me in high places: and the traces of the light were set upon their heart: (ODE) 8 And they walked in my life and were saved and became my… (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 42:9–11
9 Like the arm of the bridegroom over the bride, (ODE) 10 So was my yoke over those that know me: (ODE) 11 And as the couch that is spread in the house of the bridegroom and bride, (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 28:12–14
12 For their thought is corrupt and their understanding perverted. (ODE) 13 But I was carrying water in my right hand, and their bitterness I endured by my sweetness; (ODE) 14 And I did not perish, for I was not their brother nor was my birth like theirs. (ODE)
Baruch 4:10–12
10 For I have seen the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting has brought upon them. (WEB) 11 For with joy I nourished them, but sent them away with weeping and mourning. (WEB) 12 Let no man rejoice over me, a widow and forsaken by many. For the sins of my childr… (WEB)
Search the collection All books and codes Translations and sources