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Job 29:2
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Job 29:2
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“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
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Job 29:2 in Other Translations
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Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
ESV
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"Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me,
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“I long for the years gone by when God took care of me,
MSG
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"Oh, how I long for the good old days, when God took such very good care of me.
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If only I could be as in months gone by, in the days when God watched over me,
Job 29:2 In-Context
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Job continued his discourse:
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“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
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when his lamp shone on my head and by his light I walked through darkness!
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Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God’s intimate friendship blessed my house,
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when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
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Genesis 31:30
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Jeremiah 1:12
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Jeremiah 31:28
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Jeremiah 44:27
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