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New Living Translation (NLT)

Job 29
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.
⁶ So now they live in frightening ravines, in caves and among the rocks.