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Job 29:2

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

KJV

Quis mihi tribuat ut sim juxta menses pristinos, secundum dies quibus Deus custodiebat me ?

Vulgate

Τίς ἄν με θείη κατὰ μῆνα ἔμπροσθεν ἡμερῶν ὧν με ὁ θεὸς ἐφύλαξεν;

LXX

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

ASV

מִֽי יִתְּנֵ֥/נִי כְ/יַרְחֵי קֶ֑דֶם כִּ֝/ימֵ֗י אֱל֣וֹהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵֽ/נִי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱל֣וֹהַּ
'lvh
noun · 60×
ה
h
noun · 87×
יֶ֣רַח
yrch
noun · 13×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 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 throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant,
  • Job 1:1 — 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.
  • 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.
  • Ps 42:4 — When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
  • Ps 51:12 — Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.