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Job 29:2

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Oh that I were as [in] months past, as [in] the days [when] God preserved me;

Oh that {H5414} I were as in months {H3391} past {H6924}, as in the days {H3117} when God {H433} preserved {H8104} me;

"I wish I were as in the old days, back in the times when God watched over me;

“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,

Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 31:28 (3 votes)

    And 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 1:10 (3 votes)

    Hast 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.

  • Job 1:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ There 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 1:5 (3 votes)

    And it was so, when the days of [their] feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings [according] to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

  • Jude 1:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ Jude, 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:

  • Psalms 37:28 (2 votes)

    For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Job 7:3 (2 votes)

    So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.