Job 29:2
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Ohמִֽי־
(mi-)
4310: who?a prim. pronoun
that I were as in monthsכְיַרְחֵי־
(che·yar·chei-)
3391: monthfrom the same as yareach
goneקֶ֑דֶם
(ke·dem;)
6924a: front, east, formerlyfrom an unused word
by, As in the daysכִּ֝ימֵ֗י
(ki·mei)
3117: daya prim. root
when Godאֱלֹ֣והַּ
(e·lo·vh·ah)
433: God, godprol. from el
watchedיִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי׃
(yish·me·re·ni.)
8104: to keep, watch, preservea prim. root
over me; 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
Oh that
nathan  (naw-than')
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
I were as in months
yerach  (yeh'-rakh)
a lunation, i.e. month -- month, moon.
past
qedem  (keh'-dem)
the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
as in the days
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
when God
'elowahh  (el-o'-ah)
a deity or the Deity -- God, god.
preserved
shamar  (shaw-mar')
to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
me
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Oh that I were as in months gone by, As in the days when God watched over me;

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If only I could be as in months gone by, 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,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"If only my life could be like it used to be, 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;
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