| New King James Version | English Standard Version |
| 1Job further continued his discourse, and said: | 1And Job again took up his discourse, and said: |
| 2“Oh, that I were as in months past, As in the days when God watched over me; | 2“Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me, |
| 3When His lamp shone upon my head, And when by His light I walked through darkness; | 3when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness, |
| 4Just as I was in the days of my prime, When the friendly counsel of God was over my tent; | 4as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent, |
| 5When the Almighty was yet with me, When my children were around me; | 5when the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were all around me, |
| 6When my steps were bathed with cream, And the rock poured out rivers of oil for me! | 6when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out for me streams of oil! |
| 7“When I went out to the gate by the city, When I took my seat in the open square, | 7When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the square, |
| 8The young men saw me and hid, And the aged arose and stood; | 8the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose and stood; |
| 9The princes refrained from talking, And put their hand on their mouth; | 9the princes refrained from talking and laid their hand on their mouth; |
| 10The voice of nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth. | 10the voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth. |
| 11When the ear heard, then it blessed me, And when the eye saw, then it approved me; | 11When the ear heard, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw, it approved, |
| 12Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper. | 12because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him. |
| 13The blessing of a perishing man came upon me, And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. | 13The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. |
| 14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban. | 14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban. |
| 15I was eyes to the blind, And I was feet to the lame. | 15I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame. |
| 16I was a father to the poor, And I searched out the case that I did not know. | 16I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know. |
| 17I broke the fangs of the wicked, And plucked the victim from his teeth. | 17I broke the fangs of the unrighteous and made him drop his prey from his teeth. |
| 18“Then I said, ‘I shall die in my nest, And multiply my days as the sand. | 18Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand, |
| 19My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lies all night on my branch. | 19my roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches, |
| 20My glory is fresh within me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.’ | 20my glory fresh with me, and my bow ever new in my hand.’ |
| 21“Men listened to me and waited, And kept silence for my counsel. | 21“Men listened to me and waited and kept silence for my counsel. |
| 22After my words they did not speak again, And my speech settled on them as dew. | 22After I spoke they did not speak again, and my word dropped upon them. |
| 23They waited for me as for the rain, And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain. | 23They waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain. |
| 24If I mocked at them, they did not believe it, And the light of my countenance they did not cast down. | 24I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my face they did not cast down. |
| 25I chose the way for them, and sat as chief; So I dwelt as a king in the army, As one who comforts mourners. | 25I chose their way and sat as chief, and I lived like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved. |
|
