Job 29:2–3
2 “Oh, that I were as in the months of old,
as in the days when God watched over me,
3 when his alamp shone upon my head,
and by his light I walked through darkness,
Job 29:2–3 — The New International Version (NIV)
2 “How I long for the months gone by,
for the days when God watched over me,
3 when his lamp shone on my head
and by his light I walked through darkness!
Job 29:2–3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
2 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;
Job 29:2–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)
2 “I long for the years gone by
when God took care of me,
3 when he lit up the way before me
and I walked safely through the darkness.
Job 29:2–3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
2 “Oh, that I were as in months past,
As in the days when God watched over me;
3 When His lamp shone upon my head,
And when by His light I walked through darkness;
Job 29:2–3 — New Century Version (NCV)
2 “How I wish for the months that have passed
and the days when God watched over me.
3 God’s lamp shined on my head,
and I walked through darkness by his light.
Job 29:2–3 — American Standard Version (ASV)
2 Oh that I were as in the months of old,
As in the days when God watched over me;
3 When his lamp shined upon my head,
And by his light I walked through darkness;
Job 29:2–3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when †God preserved me; 3 When his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;
Job 29:2–3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
2 “If only my life could be like it used to be,
in the days when God watched over me,
3 when he made his lamp shine on my head,
when I walked through the dark in his light.
Job 29:2–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
2 If only I could be as in months gone by,
in the days when God watched over me,
3 when His lamp shone above my head,
and I walked through darkness by His light!
Job 29:2–3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
2 “O that I were as in the months of old,
as in the days when God watched over me;
3 when his lamp shone over my head,
and by his light I walked through darkness;
Job 29:2–3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
2 “O that I were as in the months before,
as in the days when God watched over me,
3 when his shining lamp was over my head—
by his light I walked through darkness—
Job 29:2–3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
2 “How I long for the good old days!
That’s when God watched over me.
3 The light of his lamp shone on me.
I walked through darkness by his light.
Job 29:2–3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
2 “Oh that I were as in months gone by,
As in the days when God watched over me;
3 When His lamp shone over my head,
And by His light I walked through darkness;