in former time # 18_JOB_30_03 # For want and famine [they were] solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. in former time # 08_RUT_04_07 # Now this [was the manner] in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave [it] to his neighbour: and this [was] a testimony in Israel.