Job 29:5
When the Almighty was with me: and my servants round about me?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 days of my youth, when God was secretly in my tabernacle?
6When I washed my feet with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil?
Cross References
Joshua 1:9Behold I command thee, take courage, end be strong. Fear not and be not dismayed: because the Lord thy God is with thee in all things whatsoever thou shalt go to.
Job 1:2And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
Job 23:8But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.
Psalms 30:7And in my abundance I said: I shall never be moved.
Psalms 44:8But thou hast saved us from them that afflict us : and hast put them to shame that hate us.
Psalms 128:3behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.
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 →