Scriptures

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Job 28
²⁷ Then He saw it and declared it; He established it and also searched it out.
²⁸ "And to man He said, ’Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.’"
Job 29
¹ And Job again took up his discourse and said,
² "Oh that I were as in months gone by, As in the days when God watched over me;
³ When His lamp shone over my head, And by His light I walked through darkness;
⁴ As I was in the prime of my days, When the friendship of God was over my tent;
⁵ When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were around me;
⁶ When my steps were bathed in butter, And the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
⁷ "When I went out to the gate of the city, When I took my seat in the square,
⁸ The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the old men arose and stood.
⁹ "The princes stopped talking And put their hands on their mouths;