Job’s Former Blessings 1 AKJV Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, BSB BSB: And Job continued his discourse:
2 AKJV Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; BSB BSB: “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
3 AKJV When his candle shined on my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; BSB BSB: when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
4 AKJV As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was on my tabernacle; BSB BSB: when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,
5 AKJV When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; BSB BSB: when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
6 AKJV When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; BSB BSB: when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
7 AKJV When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! BSB BSB: When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
8 AKJV The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. BSB BSB: the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.
9 AKJV The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. BSB BSB: The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
10 AKJV The nobles held their peace, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth. BSB BSB: The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
11 AKJV When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: BSB BSB: For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,
12 AKJV Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. BSB BSB: because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
13 AKJV The blessing of him that was ready to perish came on me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. BSB BSB: The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
14 AKJV I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. BSB BSB: I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
15 AKJV I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. BSB BSB: I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.
16 AKJV I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. BSB BSB: I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
17 AKJV And I broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. BSB BSB: I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
18 AKJV Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. BSB BSB: So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.
19 AKJV My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night on my branch. BSB BSB: My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
20 AKJV My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. BSB BSB: My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
21 AKJV To me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. BSB BSB: Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
22 AKJV After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped on them. BSB BSB: After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
23 AKJV And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. BSB BSB: They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
24 AKJV If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. BSB BSB: If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
25 AKJV I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelled as a king in the army, as one that comforts the mourners. BSB BSB: I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
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