Job 29 - Compare Translations
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Job 29:1
KJVMoreover Job continued his parable, and said,
WEBJob again took up his parable, and said,
YLTAnd Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: --
Job 29:2
KJVOh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
WEB“Oh that I were as in the months of old,
YLTWho doth make me as [in] months past, As [in] the days of God's preserving me?
Job 29:3
KJVWhen his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
WEBwhen his lamp shone on my head,
YLTIn His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk [through] darkness.
Job 29:4
KJVAs I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
WEBas I was in the ripeness of my days,
YLTAs I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God upon my tent.
Job 29:5
KJVWhen the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
WEBwhen the Almighty was yet with me,
YLTWhen yet the Mighty One [is] with me. Round about me -- my young ones,
Job 29:6
KJVWhen I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
WEBwhen my steps were washed with butter,
YLTWhen washing my goings with butter, And the firm rock [is] with me rivulets of oil.
Job 29:7
KJVWhen I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
WEBwhen I went out to the city gate,
YLTWhen I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.
Job 29:8
KJVThe young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
WEBThe young men saw me and hid themselves.
YLTSeen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen -- they stood up.
Job 29:9
KJVThe princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
WEBThe princes refrained from talking,
YLTPrinces have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.
Job 29:10
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Job 29:11
KJVWhen the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
WEBFor when the ear heard me, then it blessed me;
YLTFor the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth [to] me.
Job 29:12
KJVBecause I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
WEBBecause I delivered the poor who cried,
YLTFor I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.
Job 29:13
KJVThe blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
WEBthe blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me,
YLTThe blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing.
Job 29:14
KJVI put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
WEBI put on righteousness, and it clothed me.
YLTRighteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice.
Job 29:15
KJVI was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
WEBI was eyes to the blind,
YLTEyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame [am] I.
Job 29:16
KJVI was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
WEBI was a father to the needy.
YLTA father I [am] to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
Job 29:17
KJVAnd I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
WEBI broke the jaws of the unrighteous,
YLTAnd I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.
Job 29:18
KJVThen I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
WEBThen I said, ‘I shall die in my own house,
YLTAnd I say, `With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'
Job 29:19
KJVMy root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
WEBMy root is spread out to the waters.
YLTMy root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch.
Job 29:20
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Job 29:21
KJVUnto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
WEB“Men listened to me, waited,
YLTTo me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.
Job 29:22
KJVAfter my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
WEBAfter my words they didn’t speak again.
YLTAfter my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,
Job 29:23
KJVAnd they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
WEBThey waited for me as for the rain.
YLTAnd they wait as [for] rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide [As] for the latter rain.
Job 29:24
KJVIf I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
WEBI smiled on them when they had no confidence.
YLTI laugh unto them -- they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall.
Job 29:25
KJVI chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
WEBI chose out their way, and sat as chief.
YLTI choose their way, and sit head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When mourners he doth comfort.
25 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT