Job 29:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 29:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 29:2 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 29:2 — KJV
“Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;”
— Job 29:2 (KJV)
Job 29:2 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 29:2
“Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.”
Shares key themes with Job 29:2: months, days, god
“For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?”
Shares key themes with Job 29:2: past, days, god
“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day...: Heb. between the day and between the night”
Shares key themes with Job 29:2: days, god
“And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:”
Shares key themes with Job 29:2: days, god
“There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.”
Shares key themes with Job 29:2: days, god
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