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Job 29:2
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Job’s Summary Defense

1 Job further continued his discourse, and said:
2 “Oh, that I were as in months apast,
As in the days when God bwatched over me; 
3 aWhen His lamp shone upon my head,
And when by His light I walked through darkness; 
4 Just as I was in the days of my prime,
When athe friendly counsel of God was over my tent; 
5 When the Almighty was yet with me,
When my children were around me;
Verse Comparison: Job 29:2

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

Amplified® Bible
Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me,

Contemporary English Version
I long for the past, when God took care of me,

Darby English Version
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when +God preserved me;

Good News Bible
If only my life could once again be as it was when God watched over me.

King James Version
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

New American Standard Bible
"Oh that I were as in months gone by, As in the days when God watched over me;

New International Version
"How I long for the months gone by,
for the days when God watched over me,

New King James Version
“Oh, that I were as in months past,
As in the days when God watched over me;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Oh that I could go back to the months gone by, As in the days when God watched over me;

Revised Standard Version
"Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;

Young's Literal Translation
Who doth make me as `in' months past, As `in' the days of God's preserving me?

New English Translation
“O that I could be1 as2 I was in the months now gone,3 in the days4 when God watched5 over me,


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