KJV King James Version
Oh that I were as [in] months past, as [in] the days [when] God preserved me;
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Job 29:2
Oh that I were as [in] months past, as [in] the days [when] God preserved me;
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
WEB World English Bible
“Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
ASV American Standard Version
Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Who doth make me as in months past, As in the days of God’s preserving me?
Surrounding context — Job 29
1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2 Oh that I were as [in] months past, as [in] the days [when] God preserved me;
3 When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness;
4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God [was] upon my tabernacle;
5 When the Almighty [was] yet with me, [when] my children [were] about me;
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Cross-references
Jeremiah 31:28And it shall come to pass, [that] like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.Job 1:1-5There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name [was] Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.Job 1:10Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.Jude 1:1Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, [and] called:Job 7:3So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.Psalm 37:28For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
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