The Meaning of Job 29:15 Explained

Job 29:15

KJV: I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

YLT: Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame am I.

Darby: I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame;

ASV: I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

I was eyes  to the blind,  and feet  [was] I to the lame. 

What does Job 29:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 29:1-25 - The Bitter Memory Of The Happy Past
How many thousands, looking back on the beautiful dawn of life which has become overcast, have uttered the thought of the opening words of this chapter! The worldling has no hope of the renewal of that blessed past; but the believer knows that in Christ he belongs to the eternal order, which enters into the devastation wrought by sin, arresting, canceling and converting evil into good.
If we believe in Jesus Christ, submit to His will, and unite ourselves to His heart, "a statelier Eden" comes back to us. God watches over us for good; His lamp shines on our way; His friendship is in our tent, and His love transfigures all things. The graphic description which follows of the life of a godly man is still true when a man's ways please the Lord. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 29

1  Job bemoans his former prosperity

What do the individual words in Job 29:15 mean?

Eyes I [was] to the blind and feet to the lame I [was]
עֵינַ֣יִם הָ֭יִיתִי לַֽעִוֵּ֑ר וְרַגְלַ֖יִם לַפִּסֵּ֣חַ אָֽנִי

עֵינַ֣יִם  Eyes 
Parse: Noun, cd
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
הָ֭יִיתִי  I  [was] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לַֽעִוֵּ֑ר  to  the  blind 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: עִוֵּר  
Sense: blind.
וְרַגְלַ֖יִם  and  feet 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, fd
Root: רֶגֶל  
Sense: foot.
לַפִּסֵּ֣חַ  to  the  lame 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: פִּסֵּחַ  
Sense: lame.
אָֽנִי  I  [was] 
Parse: Pronoun, first person common singular
Root: אֲנִי  
Sense: I (first pers.

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