JOB 29:2 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim.
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BrLXX Τίς ἄν με θείη κατὰ μῆνα ἔμπροσθεν ἡμερῶν, ὧν με ὁ Θεὸς ἐφύλαξεν;
(Tis an me theiaʸ kata maʸna emprosthen haʸmerōn, hōn me ho Theos efulaxen; )

ULT “Who will give me to be as in the months of the past,
⇔ as in the days when God was keeping me,

UST “I wish that I could be as I was previously
⇔ during the time when God was taking care of me.

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

OEB O to be as in months long gone,
⇔ As in days when God used to keep me,

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

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “O that I could be as I was
⇔ in the months now gone,
⇔ in the days when God watched over me,

LSV “Who makes me as [in] months past,
As [in] the days of God’s preserving me?

FBV “I wish I was back in the old days when God looked after me!

T4T “I wish/desire that I could be like I was previously,
⇔ during the years when God took care of me.

LEB • [fn] as in the months before, as in the days when God watched over me,

29:1 Literally “Who shall give me”

BBE If only I might again be as I was in the months which are past, in the days when God was watching over me!

Moff No Moff JOB book available

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

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

DRA Who will grant me, that I might be according to the months past, according to the days in which God kept me?

YLT Who doth make me as [in] months past, As [in] the days of God's preserving me?

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

29.2 Eloah

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

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

KJB-1769 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

KJB-1611 O that I were as in moneths past, as in the dayes when God preserued me.
(O that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me.)

Bshps O that I were as I was in the monethes by past, and in the daies when God preserued me:
(O that I were as I was in the months by past, and in the days when God preserved me:)

Gnva Oh that I were as in times past, when God preserued me!
(Oh that I were as in times past, when God preserved me! )

Cvdl O yt I were as I was in the monethes by past, & in the dayes whe God preserued me:
(O it I were as I was in the months by past, and in the days when God preserved me:)

Wycl Who yyueth to me, that I be bisidis the elde monethis, bi the daies in whiche God kepte me?
(Who giveth/gives to me, that I be besides the elde monthis, by the days in which God kept me?)

Luth O daß ich wäre wie in den vorigen Monden, in den Tagen, da mich GOtt behütete,
(O that I wäre like in the previous Monden, in the days, there me God behütete,)

ClVg [Quis mihi tribuat ut sim juxta menses pristinos, secundum dies quibus Deus custodiebat me?[fn]
([Who to_me tribuat as sim next_to menses pristinos, after/second days to_whom God custodiebat me? )

29.2 Quis mihi tribuat, ut sim, etc. Statutus dierum numerus menses vocantur, etc., usque ad quando erit error apertus qui modo occultus est. Menses pristinos. Dies, cum colliguntur, in mensibus subtrahuntur; quia Ecclesia, dum lucentes animas colligit, in intimis abscondit. Vel, mensis, pro perfectione ponitur, quæ erit eis in requie, quibus nunc est in operatione, cujus nunc reminiscitur Ecclesia. Secundum dies, etc. Quia se tunc in deficientibus ex persecutione æstimabit cadere, quæ se nunc in istis respicit custodiri.

29.2 Who to_me tribuat, as sim, etc. Statutus dierum numerus menses vocantur, etc., until to when will_be error apertus who modo occultus it_is. Menses pristinos. Dies, when/with colliguntur, in mensibus subtrahuntur; because Ecclesia, dum lucentes animas colligit, in intimis abscondit. Vel, month, for perfectione putsur, which will_be to_them in requie, to_whom now it_is in operatione, cuyus now reminiscitur Ecclesia. After/Second days, etc. Because se tunc in deficientibus from persecutione æstimabit cadere, which se now in istis respicit custodiri.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מִֽי־יִתְּנֵ֥⁠נִי כְ⁠יַרְחֵי

who? long,I as,months

See how you translated the expression Who will give in 11:5–6. Alternate translation: “Oh that I were as I was in the months of”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

כְ⁠יַרְחֵי־קֶ֑דֶם כִּ֝⁠ימֵ֗י אֱל֣וֹהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵֽ⁠נִי

as,months gone_by as,days god watched_over,me

Job is using the terms months and days to refer to a specific time. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to be as I was in time past, as in the time when God kept me”

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