Have you not put a fence around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
Job 29:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “O that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me, Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Oh that I were as in months past, As in the days when God preserved me; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me, [Eccl. 7:10.] American Standard Version (1901) Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me; Common English Bible Oh, that life was like it used to be, like days when God watched over me; Catholic Public Domain Version Who will grant to me that I might be as I was in former months, according to the days when God kept watch over me? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who will grant me, that I might be according to the months past, according to the days in which God kept me? |
Have you not put a fence around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
so I am allotted months of emptiness, and nights of misery are apportioned to me.
For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his faithful ones. The righteous shall be kept safe forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
And just as I have watched over them to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring evil, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, says the Lord.
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, who are beloved in God the Father and kept safe for Jesus Christ: