New Living Translation (NLT)
Job 29
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.
7 They sound like animals howling among the bushes, huddled together beneath the nettles.
8 They are nameless fools, outcasts from society.
9 “And now they mock me with vulgar songs! They taunt me!
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