Job 29:2
“O that I were as in moneths past, as in the dayes when God preserued me.”
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Job 29:2 Context
1Moreouer Iob continued his parable, and said, 2O that I were as in moneths past, as in the dayes when God preserued me. 3When his candle shined vpon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkenesse: 4As I was in the dayes of my youth, when the secret of God was vpon my tabernacle:
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Other Translations for Job 29:2
Oh that I were as [in] months past, as [in] the days [when] God preserved me;
- King James Version
"Oh that I were as in months gone by, As in the days when God watched over me;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;
- American Standard Version (1901)
If only I might again be as I was in the months which are past, in the days when God was watching over me!
- Basic English Bible
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when +God preserved me;
- Darby Bible
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
- Webster's Bible
Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
- World English Bible
Who doth make me as [in] months past, As [in] the days of God's preserving me?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 29:2
29:2 Preserved - From all those miseries which now I feel.