Hast thou not put a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? Thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
Job 29:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) “Oh, 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? |
Hast thou not put a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? Thou hast 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 saints. The righteous shall be preserved for ever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
And it shall come to pass that 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, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: