Job 29:2
What does Job 29:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 29:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949If only I might again be as I was in the months which are past, in the days when God was watching over me!
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Who doth make me as <FI>in<Fi> months past, As <FI>in<Fi> the days of God's preserving me?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Who will grant me, that I might be according to the months past, according to the days in which God kept me?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days whenGod preserved me;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 37:28
For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
- Jude 1:1
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:
- Job 7:3
So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.
- Jeremiah 31:28
And it shall come to pass that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, saith Jehovah.
- Job 1:1
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 turned away from evil.
- Job 1:10
Hast not thou made a 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.
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