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Job 29:2

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Oh that I were as in months gone by, As in the days when God watched over me;
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Oh that I were as [in] months past, as [in] the days [when] God preserved me;
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Oh that I were as [in] months past, as [in] the days [when] God preserved me;
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when +God preserved me;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Oh that it were with me as in the months of old, as in the days, when, GOD, used to watch over me;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Who doth make me as [in] months past, As [in] the days of God's preserving me?
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Who will grant me, that I might be according to the months past, according to the days in which God kept me?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Oh that I were as in times past, when God preserued me!
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— O that I were as [in] moneths past, as [in] the dayes when God preserued me.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— O that I were as in months past, as in the days when God took care of me;
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Oh that I were as in months past, wherein God preserved me!
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Oh that I were as [in] months past, as [in] the days [when] Eloah preserved me;

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Oh that y5414
[5414] Standard
נָתַן
nathan
{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
x4310
(4310) Complement
מִי
miy
{me}
An interrogitive pronoun of persons, as H4100 is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.
I were x5414
(5414) Complement
נָתַן
nathan
{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.).
as [in] months 3391
{3391} Prime
יֶרַח
yerach
{yeh'-rakh}
From an unused root of uncertain signification; a lunation, that is, month.
past, 6924
{6924} Prime
קֶדֶם
qedem
{keh'-dem}
From H6923; the front, of palce (absolutely the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward).
as [in] the days 3117
{3117} Prime
יוֹם
yowm
{yome}
From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literally (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverbially).
[when] ´Élôåh אֱלוֹהַ 433
{0433} Prime
אֱלוֹהַּ
'elowahh
{el-o'-ah}
(The second form is rare); probably prolonged (emphatically) from H0410; a deity or the deity.
preserved 8104
{8104} Prime
שָׁמַר
shamar
{shaw-mar'}
A primitive root; properly to hedge about (as with thorns), that is, guard; generally to protect, attend to, etc.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
me;
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Job 29:2

_ _ preserved me — from calamity.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 29:1-6.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 29:2

Preserved — From all those miseries which now I feel.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
as in months:

Job 1:1-5 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 eschewed evil. ... And it was so, when the days of [their] feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings [according] to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
Job 7:3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

God:

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.
Psalms 37:28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Jude 1:1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, [and] called:
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Jb 1:1, 10; 7:3. Ps 37:28. Jde 1:1.

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