Job 29:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Oh that I were as in months past, As in the days when God preserved me;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² 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)

² Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;

Common English Bible

² Oh, that life was like it used to be, like days when God watched over me;

Catholic Public Domain Version

² 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?

Job 29:2 Cross References

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 the LORD.

Job 1:10

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.

Jude 1:1

Judas, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:

Psalm 37:28

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

Job 7:3

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