Job 29:4
as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was upon my tent,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
In Context
3when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
5when the Almighty was yet with me, and my sons were about me,
Cross References
Job 1:10Have thou not made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he has, on every side? Thou have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
Psalms 25:14The friendship of LORD is with those who fear him, and he will show them his covenant.
Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Colossians 3:3For ye died, and your life has been hidden with the Christ in God.
Matthew Henry on Job 29:2-7
Former Prosperity of Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 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; 4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; 5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; 6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; Losers may have leave to speak, and… Read the whole commentary →