New Living Translation (NLT)
Job 28
25 He decided how hard the winds should blow and how much rain should fall.
26 He made the laws for the rain and laid out a path for the lightning.
27 Then he saw wisdom and evaluated it. He set it in place and examined it thoroughly.
28 And this is what he says to all humanity: ‘The fear of the Lord is true wisdom; to forsake evil is real understanding.’”
Job 29
1 Job continued speaking:
2 “I long for the years gone by when God took care of me,
3 when he lit up the way before me and I walked safely through the darkness.
4 When I was in my prime, God’s friendship was felt in my home.
5 The Almighty was still with me, and my children were around me.
6 My cows produced milk in abundance, and my groves poured out streams of olive oil.
7 “Those were the days when I went to the city gate and took my place among the honored leaders.
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