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class="vheading">NASB Parallel ESV <a href="../../bsb/job/29.shtml">[BSB</a> <a href="../../csb/job/29.shtml">CSB</a> <a href="../../esv/job/29.shtml">ESV</a> <a href="../../hcs/job/29.shtml">HCS</a> <a href="../../kjv/job/29.shtml">KJV</a> <a href="../../isv/job/29.shtml">ISV</a> <a href="../../nas/job/29.shtml">NAS</a> <a href="../../net/job/29.shtml">NET</a> <a href="../../niv/job/29.shtml">NIV</a> <a href="../../nlt/job/29.shtml">NLT</a> <a href="../../heb/job/29.shtml">HEB]</a></div><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="50%">New American Standard Bible 1995</td><td class="version" width="50%">English Standard Version</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And Job again took up his discourse and said,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Job again took up his discourse, and said:</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"Oh that I were as in months gone by, As in the days when God watched over me;<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When His lamp shone over my head, And by His light I walked through darkness;<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">As I was in the prime of my days, When the friendship of God was over my tent;<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were around me;<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">when the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were all around me,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When my steps were bathed in butter, And the rock poured out for me streams of oil!<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"When I went out to the gate of the city, When I took my seat in the square,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the square,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the old men arose and stood.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose and stood;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"The princes stopped talking And put their hands on their mouths;<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">the princes refrained from talking and laid their hand on their mouth;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to their palate.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">the voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"For when the ear heard, it called me blessed, And when the eye saw, it gave witness of me,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">When the ear heard, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw, it approved,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Because I delivered the poor who cried for help, And the orphan who had no helper.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"The blessing of the one ready to perish came upon me, And I made the widow's heart sing for joy.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"I was eyes to the blind And feet to the lame.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"I was a father to the needy, And I investigated the case which I did not know.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"I broke the jaws of the wicked And snatched the prey from his teeth.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I broke the fangs of the unrighteous and made him drop his prey from his teeth.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"Then I thought, 'I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">'My root is spread out to the waters, And dew lies all night on my branch.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">my roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">My glory is ever new with me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.'<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">my glory fresh with me, and my bow ever new in my hand.’</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"To me they listened and waited, And kept silent for my counsel.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Men listened to me and waited and kept silence for my counsel.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"After my words they did not speak again, And my speech dropped on them.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">After I spoke they did not speak again, and my word dropped upon them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"They waited for me as for the rain, And opened their mouth as for the spring rain.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">They waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"I smiled on them when they did not believe, And the light of my face they did not cast down.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my face they did not cast down.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"I chose a way for them and sat as chief, And dwelt as a king among the troops, As one who comforted the mourners.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I chose their way and sat as chief, and I lived like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman 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