1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

1 ¶ And Job again took up his parable, and said,

2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

2 ¶ Oh that I were as in the months of old,
As in the days when God watched over me;

3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

3 ¶ When his lamp shined upon my head,
And by his light I walked through darkness;

4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

4 ¶ As I was in the ripeness of my days,
When the secret of God was upon my tent;

5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;

5 ¶ When the Almighty was yet with me,
And my children were about me;

6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

6 ¶ When my steps were washed with butter,
And the rock poured me out rivers of oil!

7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

7 ¶ When I went forth to the gate unto the city,
When I prepared my seat in the street,

8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

8 ¶ The young men saw me and hid themselves,
And the aged rose up and stood;

9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

9 ¶ The princes refrained talking,
And laid their hand on their mouth;

10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

10 ¶ The voice of the nobles was hushed,
And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:

11 ¶ For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me;
And when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me:

12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

12 ¶ Because I delivered the poor that cried,
The fatherless also, that had none to help him.

13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

13 ¶ The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me:
And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

14 ¶ I put on righteousness, and it clothed me:
My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

15 ¶ I was eyes to the blind,
And feet was I to the lame.

16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

16 ¶ I was a father to the needy:
And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

17 ¶ And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous,
And plucked the prey out of his teeth.

18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

18 ¶ Then I said, I shall die in my nest,
And I shall multiply my days as the sand:

19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

19 ¶ My root is spread out to the waters,
And the dew lieth all night upon my branch:

20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

20 ¶ My glory is fresh in me,
And my bow is renewed in my hand.

21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

21 ¶ Unto me men gave ear, and waited,
And kept silence for my counsel.

22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

22 ¶ After my words they spake not again;
And my speech dropped upon them.

23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

23 ¶ And they waited for me as for the rain;
And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

24 ¶ If I laughed on them, they believed it not;
And the light of my countenance they cast not down.

25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

25 ¶ I chose out their way, and sat as chief,
And dwelt as a king in the army,
As one that comforteth the mourners.