Job 29:5
When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me;
American Standard 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 me out streams of oil!
Cross References
Joshua 1:9Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Job 1:2And there were born unto 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, Jehovah, of thy favor hadst made my mountain to stand strong: Thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.
Psalms 44:8In God have we made our boast all the day long, And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. Selah
Psalms 128:3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children 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 →