Job 29:4
As I was in my flowering years, when my tent was covered by the hand of God;
Bible in Basic English
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 light was shining over my head, and when I went through the dark by his light.
5While the Ruler of all was still with me, and my children were round me;
Cross References
Job 1:10Have you yourself not put a wall round him and his house and all he has on every side, blessing the work of his hands, and increasing his cattle in the land?
Psalms 25:14The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.
Psalms 91:1Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;
Colossians 3:3For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with 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 →