Job 29:5
While the Ruler of all was still with me, and my children were round me;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
In Context
4As I was in my flowering years, when my tent was covered by the hand of God;
6When my steps were washed with milk, and rivers of oil were flowing out of the rock for me.
Cross References
Joshua 1:9Have I not given you your orders? Take heart and be strong; have no fear and do not be troubled; for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go,
Job 1:2And he had seven sons and three daughters.
Job 23:8See, I go forward, but he is not there; and back, but I do not see him;
Psalms 30:7\30:6\When things went well for me I said, I will never be moved.
Psalms 44:8\44:7\But it is you who have been our saviour from those who were against us, and have put to shame those who had hate for us.
Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your 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 →