Parallel Bible results for "job 29:1-9"

Job 29:1-9

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 And Job again took up the word and said,

2 If only I might again be as I was in the months which are past, in the days when God was watching over me!

3 When his light was shining over my head, and when I went through the dark by his light.

4 As I was in my flowering years, when my tent was covered by the hand of God;

5 While the Ruler of all was still with me, and my children were round me;

6 When my steps were washed with milk, and rivers of oil were flowing out of the rock for me.

7 When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,

8 The young men saw me, and went away, and the old men got up from their seats;

9 The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;

New International Version NIV

1 Job continued his discourse:

2 “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,

3 when his lamp shone on my head and by his light I walked through darkness!

4 Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God’s intimate friendship blessed my house,

5 when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,

6 when my path was drenched with cream and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil.

7 “When I went to the gate of the city and took my seat in the public square,

8 the young men saw me and stepped aside and the old men rose to their feet;

9 the chief men refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands;