Job 29:2 BSB — MannaFest

Job 29:2

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

4 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

O that I were as in months past - Job seems here to make an apology for his complaints, by taking a view of his former prosperity, which was very great, but was now entirely at an end. He shows that it was not removed because of any bad use he had made of it; and describes how he behaved himself before God and man, and how much, for justice, benevolence, and mercy, he was esteemed and honored by the wise and good. Preserved me - Kept, guarded, and watched over me.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Even then he saw himself exposed, and did not make his wealth his strong city nor trust in the abundance of his riches, but the name of the Lord was his strong tower; in that only he thought himself safe, and to that he ascribed it that he was then safe and that his comforts were preserved to him.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The New Park Street Pulpit, Sermon No. 51: “Comfort for the Desponding” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1855)

FOR THE MOST part the gracious Shepherd leads his people beside the still waters, and makes them to lie down in green pastures; but at times they wander through a wilderness, where there is no water, and they find no city to dwell in. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainteth within them, and they cry unto the Lord in their trouble.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1011: “Job's Regret and Our Own” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1871)

IF Job here refers to the temporal prosperity which he had lost, we cannot condemn him for his complaint, neither can we commend him. It is but the expression of a natural regret, which would be felt by any man who had experienced such great reverses. But there is everywhere in the expressions which he uses such a strain of spirituality, that we are inclined to believe that he had more reference to the condition of his heart than to the state of his property.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מִֽי־	mi-	who?	H4310 →
יִתְּנֵ֥נִי	yi.te.Ne.ni	will he give me	H5414 →
כְיַרְחֵי־	khe.yar.chei-	like months of	H3391 →
קֶ֑דֶם	Ke.dem	long ago	H6924 →
כִּ֝ימֵ֗י	ki.Mei	like [the] days	H3117 →
אֱל֣וֹהַּ	'e.Lo.ah	<of> [when] God	H433 →
יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי׃	yish.me.Re.ni	he watched over me	H8104 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Job 1:10
Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the…
leads to
- 1 Peter 1:5
  who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 34:7
  The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
- Zechariah 2:5
  For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
- Deuteronomy 28:2–6
  And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:
- Proverbs 10:22
  The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
Through
Psalms 37:28
For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
leads to
- Proverbs 2:22
  but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
- Psalms 11:7
  For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
Through
Jeremiah 31:28
Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.
leads to
- Jeremiah 24:6
  I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job