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Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
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Job further continued his discourse, and said:
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Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
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Oh, that I were as [in] months past, As [in] the days [when] God watched over me;
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When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
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When His lamp shone upon my head, [And when] by His light I walked [through] darkness;
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As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
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Just as I was in the days of my prime, When the friendly counsel of God [was] over my tent;
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When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
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When the Almighty [was] yet with me, [When] my children [were] around me;
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When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
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When my steps were bathed with cream, And the rock poured out rivers of oil for me!
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When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
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"When I went out to the gate by the city, [When] I took my seat in the open square,
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The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
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The young men saw me and hid, And the aged arose [and] stood;
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The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
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The princes refrained from talking, And put [their] hand on their mouth;
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The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
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The voice of nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
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When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
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When the ear heard, then it blessed me, And when the eye saw, then it approved me;
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Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
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Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and [the one who] had no helper.
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The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
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The blessing of a perishing [man] came upon me, And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
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I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
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I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice [was] like a robe and a turban.
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I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
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I [was] eyes to the blind, And I [was] feet to the lame.
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I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
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I [was] a father to the poor, And I searched out the case [that] I did not know.
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And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
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I broke the fangs of the wicked, And plucked the victim from his teeth.
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Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
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"Then I said, 'I shall die in my nest, And multiply [my] days as the sand.
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My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
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My root [is] spread out to the waters, And the dew lies all night on my branch.
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My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
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My glory [is] fresh within me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.'
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Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
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"[Men] listened to me and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.
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After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
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After my words they did not speak again, And my speech settled on them [as dew.]
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And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
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They waited for me [as] for the rain, And they opened their mouth wide [as] for the spring rain.
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If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
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[If] I mocked at them, they did not believe [it,] And the light of my countenance they did not cast down.
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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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I chose the way for them, and sat as chief; So I dwelt as a king in the army, As one [who] comforts mourners.
