Job 29:2
“Oh, that I were as I was in the past months 1 when God cared for me, 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
In Context
1Job resumed speaking and said, 1
3when his lamp shined on my head, 1 and when I walked through darkness by his light. 1
Cross References
Job 1:10Have you not put a barrier around him, around his house, and around all that is his from every side? You have blessed the deeds of his hands, and his cattle have burst forth in the land.
Psalms 37:28For Yahweh loves justice 1 and does not abandon his faithful followers. 1 They are preserved forever, 1 but the descendants of the wicked will be cut off. 1
Jude 1:1Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:
Matthew Henry on Job 29:2-7
Former Prosperity of Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; 3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; 4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; 5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; 6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; Losers may have leave to speak, and… Read the whole commentary →