1. Job 29:2 (ESV)
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Commentary on Job 29:2 (Summary)

Job 29:2 (ESV)

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

Job’s past happiness was due to God’s favour and protection. Satan himself observed this and said that God had put a hedge around Job, his household, and his possessions (Job 1:10).

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