Job 29:5
when the Almighty was yet with me, and my sons were about me,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
In Context
4as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was upon my tent,
6when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil to me,
Cross References
Joshua 1:9Have I not commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage. Be not frightened, neither be thou dismayed, for LORD thy God is with thee wherever thou go.
Job 1:2And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
Job 23:8Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there], and backward, but I cannot perceive him,
Psalms 30:7Thou, LORD, of thy favor had made my mountain to stand strong. Thou hid thy face; I was troubled.
Psalms 44:8In God we have made our boast all the day long, and we will give thanks to thy name forever. Selah.
Psalms 128:3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of thy house, thy sons like olive plants round about thy table.
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 →