| Christian Standard Bible | King James Bible |
| 1Job continued his discourse, saying: | 1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, |
| 2If only I could be as in months gone by, 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 above my head, and I walked through darkness by his light! | 3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; |
| 4I would be as I was in the days of my youth when God's friendship rested on my tent, | 4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; |
| 5when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me, | 5When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; |
| 6when my feet were bathed in curds and the rock poured out streams of oil for me! | 6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; |
| 7When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the town 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 withdrew, while older men stood to their feet. | 8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. |
| 9City officials stopped talking and covered their mouths with their hands. | 9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. |
| 10The noblemen's voices were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths. | 10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. |
| 11When they heard me, they blessed me, and when they saw me, they spoke well of me. | 11When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: |
| 12For I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the fatherless child who had no one to support him. | 12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. |
| 13The dying blessed me, and I made the widow's heart rejoice. | 13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. |
| 14I clothed myself in righteousness, and it enveloped me; my just decisions were 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 feet to the lame. | 15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. |
| 16I was a father to the needy, and I examined the case of the stranger. | 16I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. |
| 17I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth. | 17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. |
| 18So I thought, "I will die in my own 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 roots will have access to water, and the dew will rest on my branches all night. | 19My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. |
| 20My whole being will be refreshed within me, and my bow will be renewed in my hand." | 20My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. |
| 21Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my advice. | 21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. |
| 22After a word from me they did not speak again; my speech settled on them like dew. | 22After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. |
| 23They waited for me as for the rain and opened their mouths as for spring showers. | 23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. |
| 24If I smiled at them, they couldn't believe it; they were thrilled at the light of my countenance. | 24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. |
| 25I directed their course and presided as chief. I lived as a king among his troops, like one who comforts those who mourn. | 25I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners. |
| The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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