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Job 29:14

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29:14I put on righteousness and it clothed me,28

my just dealing29 was like a robe and a turban;

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Footnotes

  1. 28 Both verbs in this first half-verse are from לָבַשׁ (lavash, “to clothe; to put on clothing”). P. changed the vowels to get a verb “it adorned me” instead of “it clothed me” ( 11 [1930]: 324). The figure of clothing is used for the character of the person: to wear righteousness is to be righteous.
  2. 29 The word מִשְׁפָּטִי (mishpati) is simply “my justice” or “my judgment.” It refers to the decisions he made in settling issues, how he dealt with other people justly.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;

my justice was like a robe and a turban.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I put on righteousness as my clothing;

justice was my robe and my turban.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I clothed myself in righteousness,

and it enveloped me;

my just decisions were like a robe and a turban.

NLTNew Living Translation

Everything I did was honest.

Righteousness covered me like a robe,

and I wore justice like a turban.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;

my justice was like a robe and a headband.

KJV 1900King James Version

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me:

My judgment was as a robe and a diadem.