Job 29:1-6
New King James Version
Job’s Summary Defense
29 Job further continued his discourse, and said:
2 “Oh, that I were as in months (A)past,
As in the days when God (B)watched over me;
3 (C)When His lamp shone upon my head,
And when by His light I walked through darkness;
4 Just as I was in the days of my prime,
When (D)the friendly counsel of God was over my tent;
5 When the Almighty was yet with me,
When my children were around me;
6 When (E)my steps were bathed with [a]cream,
And (F)the rock poured out rivers of oil for me!
Job 29:1-6
21st Century King James Version
29 Moreover Job continued his parable and said:
2 “Oh, that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
3 when His candle shone upon my head, and when 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;
5 when the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
6 when I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
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