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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Job 29:2 Catholic Bible: If only my life could once again be as it was when God watched over me. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/job/29-2.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/job/29-2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/job/29-2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/job/1.htm">Job</a> > <a href="/gntd/job/29.htm">Chapter 29</a> > Verse 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/29-1.htm" title="Job 29:1">◄</a> Job 29:2 <a href="../job/29-3.htm" title="Job 29:3">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/job/29.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/job/29.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If only my life could once again be as it was when God watched over me. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“O that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/job/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I long for the past, when God took care of me, <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/29.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Oh, that I were as in the months past, as in the days when God watched over me: <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/job/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Who will grant me, that I might be according to the months past, according to the days in which God kept me?<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">Who will grant me, that I might be according to the months past, according to the days in which God kept me?</p><p class="hdg">as in months</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../job/1-1.htm">Job 1:1-5</a> There was a man in the land of Hus, whose name was Job, and that man was simple and upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../job/7-3.htm">Job 7:3</a> So I also have had empty months, and have numbered to myself wearisome nights.</p><p class="hdg">God</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../job/1-10.htm">Job 1:10</a> Hast thou not made a fence for him, and his house, and all his substance round about, blessed the works of his hands, and his possession hath increased on the earth?</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/37-28.htm">Psalm 37:28</a> For the Lord loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints: they shall be preserved for ever. The unjust shall be punished, and the seed of the wicked shall perish.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jude/1-1.htm">Jude 1:1</a> Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James: to them that are beloved in God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ and called.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/job/29.htm">Job's Former Blessings</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>Job also added, taking up his parable, and said: <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl">Who will grant me, that I might be according to the months past, according to the days in which God kept me?</span><span class="reftext">3</span>When his lamp shined over my head, and I walked by his light in darkness?…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../job/1-10.htm">Job 1:10</a></span><br />Hast thou not made a fence for him, and his house, and all his substance round about, blessed the works of his hands, and his possession hath increased on the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../jeremiah/31-28.htm">Jeremiah 31:28</a></span><br />And as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to throw down, and to scatter, and destroy, and afflict: so will I watch over them, to build up, and to plant them, saith the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/21-21.htm">Months</a> <a href="/job/17-11.htm">Past</a> <a href="/job/10-12.htm">Preserved</a> <a href="/job/15-22.htm">Watched</a> <a href="/job/13-27.htm">Watching</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/39-2.htm">Months</a> <a href="/job/34-24.htm">Past</a> <a href="/psalms/37-28.htm">Preserved</a> <a href="/psalms/58-11.htm">Watched</a> <a href="/job/33-11.htm">Watching</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/29-2.htm">Job 29:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/29-2.htm">Job 29:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/29-2.htm">Job 29:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/29-2.htm">Job 29:2 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/29-2.htm">Job 29:2 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/29-2.htm">Job 29:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/29-2.htm">Job 29:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/29-2.htm">Job 29:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/job/29-2.htm">Job 29:2 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: as by days for God gone How I in long me months Oh over that the watched were when<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/job/29-2.htm">OT Poetry: Job 29:2 Oh that I were as (Jb) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools</a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="/catholic/">Catholic Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/29-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 29:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 29:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/29-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 29:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 29:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="8261988112"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>