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The Book of Job, Chapter 29, Verse 5

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As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God [was] upon my tabernacle;
King James Version
When the Almighty [was] yet with me, [when] my children [were] about me;
American Standard Version
When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me;
New English Translation
when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me;
World English Bible
when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,
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When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
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When I went out to the gate through the city, [when] I prepared my seat in the street!
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The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, [and] stood up.
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The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their mouth.
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The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
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When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:
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Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.
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The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
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I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.
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I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame.