EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Job 29:2
2‘I would like my life to be as it was before, many months ago. At that time, God took care of me.
Job 29:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
- New International Version (NIV)“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Oh, that I were as in months past, As in the days when God watched over me;
Context of Job 29:2
1Job continued to speak. This is what he said: ‘I would like my life to be as it was before, many months ago. At that time, God took care of me. 3He was my guide, as if he had a lamp to show me the way. His light kept me safe as I walked in dark places. 4I was strong and well. God was my friend and he protected my home.
Read all of Job 29Job 29:2 word by word
מִֽי־יִתְּנֵ֥נִי כְיַרְחֵי־קֶ֑דֶם כִּ֝ימֵ֗י אֱל֣וֹהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 29:2
- Job 1:1There was a man who lived in a place called Uz. His name was Job. He was a good and honest man. He was afraid to make God angry. He refused to do evil things.
- Job 7:3But there is nothing for me to wait for. I wait for many months and nothing happens. Every night, I am always sad.
- Job 1:10You do not let any bad things happen to him. You keep him, his family and all his things safe. You have given him success with everything that he does. His many farm animals are everywhere!
- Psalms 37:28The Lord loves justice. He will never leave those who serve him. He will take care of them for ever, but he will remove the children of wicked people.
- Jude 1:1This letter is from me, Jude. I am Jesus Christ's servant and I am James's brother. I am writing to you people that God, the Father, loves. God has chosen you to be his own people. He is keeping you safe until the time when Jesus Christ returns.
Commentaries on Job 29:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2O that I were as in months past - Job seems here to make an apology for his complaints, by taking a view of his former prosperity, which was very great, but was now entirely at an end. He shows that it was not removed because of any bad use he had made of it; and describes how he behaved himself before God and man, and how much, for justice, benevolence, and mercy, he was esteemed and honored by the wise and good. Preserved me - Kept, guarded, and watched…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Oh that I were - Hebrew “Who will give?” a common mode of expressing a wish; compare Job 6:8; Job 11:5; Job 13:5; Job 23:3. As in months past - O that I could recall my former prosperity, and be as was when I enjoyed the protection and favor of God. Probably one object of this wish was that his friends might see from what a state of honor and happiness he had been brought down. They complained of him as impatient. He may have designed to show them that…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2In other parts of the text, Job uses the Hebrew word shamar to describe what he sees as God's severe surveillance (10:14; 13:27; 14:16). However, here it refers to God's kind care, meaning watched over (Psalm 121:3–8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. preserved me--from calamity.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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