King James Version
Job 29:2 in the King James Version says “Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;” — study this verse from Job chapter 29 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;”
Job 29:2 · KJV
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, continued: Heb. added to take up
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; candle: or, lamp
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
KJV Study — Public Domain
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“Oh that”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“past”
H6924the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the east) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
“as in the days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“preserved”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
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