Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
And Job continued
his discourse:
And Job again
took
up
his parable,
and
said,
“How
I long
for
the months gone
by
, for
the days when God watched over me ,
Oh
that
I were
as
in
the months of
old
, As
in
the days when God watched over me ;
when His lamp shone
above
my head, and by His light I walked through the
darkness ,
When his lamp shined
upon
my head, And by his light I walked through darkness ;
when
I was in my prime
, when the friendship of God rested
on
my tent ,
As
I was in the
ripeness
of
my days
, When the friendship of God was
upon
my tent ;
when the Almighty was still
with me and my children were around
me ,
When the Almighty was yet
with me ,
And my children were about
me ;
when my steps were bathed
in
cream
and the rock poured out
for
me streams of oil!
When my steps were washed
with
butter,
And the rock poured me out
streams of oil!
When I went out
to the city
gate and
took
my seat in the public
square
,
When I went forth
to the gate unto
the
city,
When
I
prepared
my seat in the street
,
the young men saw me and withdrew
, and the old
men
rose to
their
feet.
The young men saw me and hid
themselves
, And the aged
rose up
and
stood;
The princes refrained from speaking
and covered
their mouths
with
their hands.
The princes refrained from talking,
And laid
their hand
on
their mouth;
The voices
of the nobles were
hushed, and their tongues
stuck
to the roofs
of their mouths
.
The voice
of the nobles was
hushed, And their tongue
cleaved
to the roof
of their mouth
.
For those
who
heard me
called
me blessed
, and those
who
saw me
commended
me,
For when
the
ear
heard `
me '
, then
it
blessed
me;
And when
the
eye
saw `
me '
, it
gave
witness
unto
me:
because I rescued
the poor who
cried out
and
the fatherless who
had no
helper
.
Because I delivered
the poor that
cried ,
The fatherless also,
that
had none
to
help
him
.
The dying
man
blessed
me ,
and I made
the widow’s
heart sing for joy.
The blessing
of
him
that
was
ready
to
perish
came
upon
me ;
And I caused
the widow's
heart to
sing for joy.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me ;
justice was my
robe and my
turban
.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me :
My
justice was as
a
robe and a
diadem
.
I served
as
eyes to the blind and as
feet to the lame.
I was
eyes to the blind ,
And feet was
I
to the lame.
I was a father to the needy ,
and I
took
up
the case
of the
stranger
.
I was a father to the needy :
And the cause
of him
that
I
knew
not
I
searched
out
.
I shattered
the fangs
of the unjust
and snatched
the prey from
his teeth.
And
I brake
the jaws
of the unrighteous,
And plucked
the prey out
of
his teeth.
So
I thought:
‘
I will
die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand .
Then
I said,
I shall
die in my nest ,
And I
shall
multiply my days as the sand :
My roots
will
spread out to the waters, and the dew will
rest
nightly
on
my branches.
My root
is
spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth
all
night
upon
my branch;
My glory is ever
new
within
me, and my bow is renewed in my hand. ’
My glory is fresh
in
me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.
Men
listened
to
me with
expectation
, waiting
silently
for my counsel.
Unto
me men
gave
ear
, and
waited,
And
kept
silence
for my counsel.
After my words ,
they spoke
no
more
; my speech settled
on
them like
dew
.
After my words they spake
not
again
; And
my speech distilled
upon
them.
They waited for me as for rain and drank
in
my
words
like
spring
showers
.
And
they waited for me as for the
rain ;
And they
opened
their
mouth
wide
`as'
for
the
latter
rain
.
If
I smiled at
them, they did
not
believe
it
; the light of my countenance was
precious
.
I smiled on
them, when
they had
no
confidence
; And
the light of my countenance they
cast
not
down
.
I chose their course
and presided
as chief .
So
I
dwelt as a king among
his
troops
, as a
comforter
of
the mourners.
I chose out
their way,
and sat
`
as '
chief ,
And
dwelt as a king in
the
army
, As one
that
comforteth
the mourners.
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