Job 29:2

¹ Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

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

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

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

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
KJV: Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
WEB: “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;
DARBY: Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
BLB: “Who will make me as [in] months past, as the days [when] God was keeping me?

ÅB: Å, om jeg hadde det som i fordums måneder, som i de dager da Gud vernet om meg,
OTB: «Om jeg bare kunne være som i de måneder som gikk,
Som i de dager da Gud våket over meg;
B1930: Å, om jeg hadde det som i fordums måneder, som i de dager da Gud vernet om mig,

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.
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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.
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Job 1:1–5
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.
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Job 7:3
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
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Psalms 37:28
For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
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Jude 1:1
Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
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