Parallel Bible results for "Job 29:1-6"

Job 29:1-6

Revised Standard Version RSV

1 And Job again took up his discourse, and said:

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

3 when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;

4 as I was in my autumn days, when the friendship of God was upon my tent;

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

6 when my steps were washed with milk, and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

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.