Job 29:2
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 29 connects to 7 cross-references. Job's final speech begins with a nostalgic monologue recalling his former prosperity: when God watched over him, his children surrounded him, and his counsel was sought at the city gate. He was like rain to the dry ground, a father …
Other Translations
Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;
Who doth make me as <FI>in<Fi> months past, As <FI>in<Fi> the days of God's preserving me?
If only I might again be as I was in the months which are past, in the days when God was watching over me!
Cross References
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, …
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and …
Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every …
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the …
And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break …
Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and …