Category: Job

American Standard Version (ASV):
They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their food.

King James Version (KJV):
Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots [for] their meat.

American Standard Version (ASV):
I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.

King James Version (KJV):
[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

American Standard Version (ASV):
I chose out their way, and sat [as] chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners.

King James Version (KJV):
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one [that] comforteth the mourners.

American Standard Version (ASV):
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

King James Version (KJV):
But now [they that are] younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.

King James Version (KJV):
Unto me [men] gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

American Standard Version (ASV):
After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them.

King James Version (KJV):
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.

King James Version (KJV):
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:

King James Version (KJV):
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply [my] days as the sand.

American Standard Version (ASV):
My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch;

King James Version (KJV):
My root [was] spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

American Standard Version (ASV):
My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.

King James Version (KJV):
My glory [was] fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.