Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
And
Job continued
his discourse:
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 shone on
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
in
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 around 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 out streams of oil for
me
!
When I went out
to the city gate and
took
my seat in the public
square
,
When I went forth
to the city gate ,
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
, 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
stuck 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
commended me :
because I rescued
the poor who cried out
and the fatherless who had no
helper
.
Because I delivered
the poor who cried ,
And the fatherless also,
who had none
to
help
him
.
The dying
man
blessed
me, and I made
the widow’s
heart sing for joy.
The blessing
of
him
who
was
ready
to
perish
came
on
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 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 .
The cause
of him
who
I
didn't
know,
I
searched
out
.
I shattered
the fangs
of the unjust
and snatched
the prey from
his teeth.
I broke
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 own
house,
I
shall
number
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, The dew lies
all
night
on my branch;
My glory is ever
new
within
me, and
my bow is renewed in my hand. ’
My glory is fresh
in
me, My bow is renewed in my hand. '
Men listened to me with
expectation
, waiting
silently
for my counsel.
"
Men listened to me, 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 didn't
speak
again
; My speech fell
on them.
They waited for me as for rain and
drank in
my
words
like
spring showers
.
They waited for me as for the
rain .
Their
mouths
drank as
with
the
spring 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.
They
didn't
reject
the light of my face
.
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. I lived
as a king in
the
army
, As one
who
comforts
the mourners.
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