King James Version

Job 29:2

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

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מִֽיmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.יִתְּנֵ֥נִיyitnenigiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…כְיַרְחֵיkheyarcheas monthיֶרַחpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “as month”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3391a lunation, i.e. monthmonth, moon.קֶ֑דֶםqedembeforeקֶדֶםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “before”, the ordinary formH6924the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, [idiom] ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare H6926 (קִדְמָה).כִּ֝ימֵ֗יkimeas as long asיוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “as as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…אֱל֣וֹהַּelohaGodאֱלוֹהַּnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “God”, the ordinary formH433a deity or the DeityGod, god. See H430 (אֱלֹהִים).יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִיyishmerenibewardשָׁמַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “beward”, an unfinished actionH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;

Young’s Literal Translation

Who doth make me as [in] months past, As [in] the days of God's preserving me?

World English Bible

“Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Who will grant me, that I might be according to the months past, according to the days in which God kept me?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Oh that I were as in months past, wherein God preserved me!

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τίς ἄν με θείη κατὰ μῆνα ἔμπροσθεν ἡμερῶν, ὧν με ὁ Θεὸς ἐφύλαξεν;