Job 29:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,”
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““How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;”
King James Version · Public Domain“Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Who doth make me as <FI>in<Fi> months past, As <FI>in<Fi> the days of God's preserving me?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 29:2 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
- Job 1:10Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
- Job 7:3So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.
- Psalms 37:28For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
- Jeremiah 31:28Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.
- Jude 1:1Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:
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