Job 29:2-3
Job 29:1-6 The Message (MSG)
Job now resumed his response: “Oh, how I long for the good old days, when God took such very good care of me. He always held a lamp before me and I walked through the dark by its light. Oh, how I miss those golden years when God’s friendship graced my home, When the Mighty One was still by my side and my children were all around me, When everything was going my way, and nothing seemed too difficult.
Job 29:2-3 King James Version (KJV)
Oh that I were as in months past, As in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, And when by his light I walked through darkness
Job 29:2-3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
“Oh that I were as in months gone by, As in the days when God watched over me; When His lamp shone over my head, And by His light I walked through darkness
Job 29:2-3 New Century Version (NCV)
“How I wish for the months that have passed and the days when God watched over me. God’s lamp shined on my head, and I walked through darkness by his light.
Job 29:2-3 American Standard Version (ASV)
Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me; When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness
Job 29:2-3 New International Version (NIV)
“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me, when his lamp shone on my head and by his light I walked through darkness!
Job 29:2-3 New King James Version (NKJV)
“Oh, that I were as in months past, As in the days when God watched over me; When His lamp shone upon my head, And when by His light I walked through darkness
Job 29:2-3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“Oh, that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me, When His lamp shone upon my head And by His light I walked through darkness