Job 29:4
when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,
Berean Standard Bible
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 lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
5when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
Cross References
Job 1:10Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
Psalms 25:14The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
Colossians 3:3For you died, and your life is now hidden 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 →