Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
And
Job again
took
up
his parable, and said,
Moreover
Job continued
his parable, and said,
Oh that I were as in the
months of
old
, As in the days when God watched
over
me;
Oh that I were as in months past
, as in the days when God preserved
me;
When his lamp
shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;
When his candle
shined upon my head, and when
by his light I walked through darkness;
As I was in the ripeness
of my days
, When the friendship
of God was upon my tent
;
As I was in the days
of my youth
, when the secret
of God was upon my tabernacle
;
When the Almighty was yet with me, And
my children were about me;
When the Almighty was yet with me, when
my children were about me;
When my steps were
washed
with butter, And the rock poured me out streams
of oil !
When I
washed
my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers
of oil ;
When I went forth
to the gate unto
the city, When I prepared my seat in the street ,
When I went out
to the gate through
the city, when I prepared my seat in the street !
The young men saw me and hid themselves ,
And the aged rose
up
and stood ;
The young men saw me ,
and hid themselves :
and the aged arose,
and stood up.
The princes refrained from
talking, And laid their hand on their mouth ;
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth .
The voice
of
the
nobles was
hushed
, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
The nobles held
their
peace
, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
For
when the ear heard `
me '
, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw `
me '
, it gave witness unto
me:
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to
me:
Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also
, that had none to help him.
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and
the fatherless, and
him
that had none to help him.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me ;
And I caused the widow's heart to 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: My justice
was as a robe and a diadem.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment
was as a robe and a diadem.
I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
I was a father to the needy
: And the cause of
him
that
I knew not I searched out.
I was a father to the poor
: and the cause which
I knew not I searched out.
And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous
, And plucked the prey
out of his teeth.
And I brake the jaws of the wicked
, and plucked the spoil
out of his teeth.
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall 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 root is
spread out to
the waters, And the dew lieth
all night upon my branch ;
My root was
spread out by
the waters, and the dew lay
all night upon my branch .
My glory is
fresh in me, And my bow is
renewed in my hand.
My glory was
fresh in me, and my bow was
renewed in my hand.
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for
my counsel.
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at
my counsel.
After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled
upon them.
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped
upon them.
And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide `
as '
for the latter rain.
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
I smiled
on them, when
they had
no
confidence
; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.
If
I laughed
on them, they believed
it
not
; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
I chose out their way, and sat `as'
chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners.
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
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