| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1Job further continued his discourse, and said: | 1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, |
| 2“Oh, that I were as in months past, As in the days when God watched over me; | 2Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; |
| 3When His lamp shone upon my head, And when by His light I walked through darkness; | 3When his candle shined upon my head, and when 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 the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; |
| 5When the Almighty was yet with me, When my children were around me; | 5When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; |
| 6When my steps were bathed with cream, And the rock poured out rivers of oil for me! | 6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers 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 through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! |
| 8The young men saw me and hid, And the aged arose and stood; | 8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. |
| 9The princes refrained from talking, And put their hand on their mouth; | 9The princes refrained 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 nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved 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 me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: |
| 12Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper. | 12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that 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 that was ready 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 judgment was as a robe and a diadem. |
| 15I was eyes to the blind, And I was feet to the lame. | 15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I 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 poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. |
| 17I broke the fangs of the wicked, And plucked the victim from his teeth. | 17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. |
| 18“Then I said, ‘I shall die in my nest, And multiply my days as the sand. | 18Then I said, 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 root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. |
| 20My glory is fresh within me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.’ | 20My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. |
| 21“Men listened to me and waited, And kept silence for my counsel. | 21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. |
| 22After my words they did not speak again, And my speech settled on them as dew. | 22After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. |
| 23They waited for me as for the rain, And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain. | 23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. |
| 24If I mocked at them, they did not believe it, And the light of my countenance they did not cast down. | 24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not 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 out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners. |
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