Job 29:2
מִֽי ־ יִתְּנֵנִי כְיַרְחֵי ־ קֶדֶם כִּימֵי אֱלוֹהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
In Context
1וַיֹּסֶף אִיּוֹב שְׂאֵת מְשָׁלוֹ וַיֹּאמַֽר ׃
3בְּהִלּוֹ נֵרוֹ עֲלֵי רֹאשִׁי לְאוֹרוֹ אֵלֶךְ חֹֽשֶׁךְ ׃
Cross References
Job 1:10הֲלֹֽא ־ את שַׂכְתָּ בַעֲדוֹ וּבְעַד ־ בֵּיתוֹ וּבְעַד כָּל ־ אֲשֶׁר ־ לוֹ מִסָּבִיב מַעֲשֵׂה יָדָיו בֵּרַכְתָּ וּמִקְנֵהוּ פָּרַץ בָּאָֽרֶץ ׃
Psalms 37:28כִּי יְהוָה ׀ אֹהֵב מִשְׁפָּט וְלֹא ־ יַעֲזֹב אֶת ־ חֲסִידָיו לְעוֹלָם נִשְׁמָרוּ וְזֶרַע רְשָׁעִים נִכְרָֽת ׃
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 →