1Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:

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Job 27:1, Job 27:1, Numbers 23:7, Job 13:12, Numbers 23:7

2O that I were as in months past, In the days when God was my guardian;

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Jeremiah 31:28, Job 1:10, Job 1:1, Job 1:5, Jeremiah 31:28

3When his lamp shined over my head, And when by his light I walked through darkness!

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Psalms 18:28, Psalms 18:28, John 8:12, Job 18:6, John 8:12

4As I was in the autumn of my days, When the friendship of God was over my tent;

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Psalms 25:14, Psalms 25:14, Proverbs 3:32, Proverbs 3:32, Job 1:10

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

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Psalms 128:3, Psalms 128:3, Psalms 127:3, Psalms 127:5, Psalms 127:3

6When I bathed my steps in milk, And the rock poured me out rivers of oil!

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Psalms 81:16, Psalms 81:16, Job 20:17, Job 20:17, Deuteronomy 32:13

7When I went forth to the gate by the city, And took my seat in the market-place,

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Ruth 4:1, Ruth 4:2, Zechariah 8:16, Ruth 4:1, Ruth 4:2

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

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Leviticus 19:32, Leviticus 19:32, Romans 13:7, Proverbs 16:31, Titus 3:1

9The princes refrained from speaking, And laid their hand upon their mouth.

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Job 21:5, Job 21:5, Job 40:4, Proverbs 30:32, Proverbs 10:19

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

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Psalms 137:6, Psalms 137:6, Ezekiel 3:26, Ezekiel 3:26

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

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Luke 4:22, Luke 4:22, Proverbs 29:2, Job 31:20, Proverbs 29:2

12For I delivered the poor, when they cried; And the fatherless, who had none to help him.

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Psalms 72:12, Psalms 72:12, Proverbs 21:13, Proverbs 21:13, James 1:27

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

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2 Timothy 1:16, 2 Timothy 1:18, Job 22:9, Isaiah 27:13, Philemon 1:7

14I clothed myself with righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; And justice was my robe and diadem.

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Isaiah 61:10, Isaiah 61:10, Isaiah 59:17, Isaiah 59:17, Psalms 132:9

15I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame;

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Numbers 10:31, Numbers 10:31, Matthew 11:5, Matthew 11:5, 1 Corinthians 12:12

16I was a father to the poor, And the cause of him I knew not I searched out;

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Proverbs 29:7, Proverbs 29:7, Esther 2:7, Job 24:4, Job 31:18

17And I broke the teeth of the wicked, And plucked the spoil from his jaws.

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Psalms 3:7, Psalms 3:7, Proverbs 30:14, Proverbs 30:14, Psalms 58:8

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

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Psalms 30:6, Psalms 30:7, Psalms 30:6, Psalms 30:7, Obadiah 1:4

19My root is spread abroad to the waters, And the dew abideth on my branches.

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Jeremiah 17:8, Psalms 1:3, Jeremiah 17:8, Psalms 1:3, Job 18:16

20My glory is fresh with me, And my bow gathereth strength in my hand."

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Genesis 49:24, Genesis 49:24, Isaiah 40:31, Isaiah 40:31, Psalms 18:34

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

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Job 32:11, Job 32:12, Job 29:9, Job 29:10, Job 32:11

22To my words they made no reply, When my speech dropped down upon them.

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Deuteronomy 32:2, Deuteronomy 32:2, Song of Solomon 4:11, Matthew 22:46, Ezekiel 20:46

23Yea, they waited for me as for the rain; They opened their mouths wide as for the latter rain.

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Hosea 6:3, Hosea 6:3, Zechariah 10:1, Psalms 72:6, Zechariah 10:1

24If I smiled upon them, they believed it not; Nor did they cause the light of my countenance to fall.

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Psalms 4:6, Psalms 89:15, Psalms 126:1, Psalms 4:6, Psalms 89:15

25When I came among them, I sat as chief; I dwelt as a king in the midst of an army, As a comforter among mourners.

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2 Corinthians 1:3, 2 Corinthians 1:4, 2 Corinthians 1:3, 2 Corinthians 1:4, 1 Thessalonians 3:2