Job 29:2
Modern Translations
New International Version
"How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,

New Living Translation
“I long for the years gone by when God took care of me,

English Standard Version
“Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me,

Berean Study Bible
“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,

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

NASB 1995
"Oh that I were as in months gone by, As in the days when God watched over me;

NASB 1977
“Oh that I were as in months gone by, 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,

Christian Standard Bible
If only I could be as in months gone by, in the days when God watched over me,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If only I could be as in months gone by, in the days when God watched over me,

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"If only my life could be like it used to be, in the days when God watched over me,

International Standard Version
"I wish I could go back to how things were a few months ago; when God used to watch over me,

NET Bible
"O that I could be as I was in the months now gone, in the days when God watched over me,
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

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

King James 2000 Bible
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

New Heart English Bible
"Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;

World English Bible
"Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;

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

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

A Faithful Version
"Oh, that I were as in months past, as in the days when God watched over me;

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Oh that I were as in times past, when God preserued me!

Bishops' Bible of 1568
O that I were as I was in the monethes by past, and in the daies when God preserued me:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
O yt I were as I was in the monethes by past, & in the dayes whe God preserued me:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
“Who makes me as [in] months past, "" As [in] the days of God’s preserving me?

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

Smith's Literal Translation
Who will give me as the months of old, as the days God will watch me?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who will grant me, that I might be according to the months past, according to the days in which God kept me?

Catholic Public Domain Version
Who will grant to me that I might be as I was in former months, according to the days when God kept watch over me?

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
“But who will make me as the first months and like the days when God preserved me?

Lamsa Bible
O that I were as in months past, as in the days when God took care of me;

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Oh that I were as in months past, wherein God preserved me!
















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