New Living Translation (NLT)
Job 29
20 New honors are constantly bestowed on me, and my strength is continually renewed.’
21 “Everyone listened to my advice. They were silent as they waited for me to speak.
22 And after I spoke, they had nothing to add, for my counsel satisfied them.
23 They longed for me to speak as people long for rain. They drank my words like a refreshing spring rain.
24 When they were discouraged, I smiled at them. My look of approval was precious to them.
25 Like a chief, I told them what to do. I lived like a king among his troops and comforted those who mourned.
Job 30
1 “But now I am mocked by people younger than I, by young men whose fathers are not worthy to run with my sheepdogs.
2 A lot of good they are to me— those worn-out wretches!
3 They are gaunt with hunger and flee to the deserts, to desolate and gloomy wastelands.
4 They pluck wild greens from among the bushes and eat from the roots of broom trees.
5 They are driven from human society, and people shout at them as if they were thieves.
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