Job 29:2
Strong's Lexicon
“How I long for
מִֽי־ (mî-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: 1) who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever

יִתְּנֵ֥נִי (yit·tə·nê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: 1) to give, put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up 1c2) to be put upon

the months
כְיַרְחֵי־ (ḵə·yar·ḥê-)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3391: 1) month (lunar cycle), moon 1a) month 1b) calendar month

gone by,
קֶ֑דֶם (qe·ḏem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6924: n m 1) east, antiquity, front, that which is before, aforetime 1a) front, from the front or east, in front, mount of the East 1b) ancient time, aforetime, ancient, from of old, earliest time 1c) anciently, of old (adverb) 1d) beginning 1e) east adv 2) eastward, to or toward the East

for the days
כִּ֝ימֵ֗י (kî·mê)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

when God
אֱל֣וֹהַּ (’ĕ·lō·w·ah)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 433: 1) God 2) false god

watched over me,
יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי׃ (yiš·mə·rê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8104: 1) to keep, guard, observe, give heed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to keep, have charge of 1a2) to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life 1a2a) watch, watchman (participle) 1a3) to watch for, wait for 1a4) to watch, observe 1a5) to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory) 1a6) to keep (within bounds), restrain 1a7) to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow) 1a8) to keep, preserve, protect 1a9) to keep, reserve 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware 1b2) to keep oneself, refrain, abstain 1b3) to be kept, be guarded 1c) (Piel) to keep, pay heed 1d) (Hithpael) to keep oneself from

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If only I could be as  in months gone by, in the days when God watched over  me,

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;
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,

New Living Translation
"I long for the years gone by when God took care of me,

English Standard Version
“Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me,

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,

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
Who doth make me as in months past, As in the days of God's preserving me?
















Cross References
Job 1:10
Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

Jeremiah 31:28
And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 29:1
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

Job 28:28
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

Job 28:27
Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

Job 29:3
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

Job 29:4
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

Job 29:5
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
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