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. , in former time , 18_JOB_30:03 For want and famine [they were] solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. ,