Job 29:5
The Almighty was still with me and I was surrounded with my children.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
In Context
4When I was young and strong, God was my friend and spoke to me in my home.
6My herds produced much milk, and oil flowed freely from my olive presses.
Cross References
Joshua 1:9Don't forget what I told you: Be strong! Be brave! Don't be afraid! Don't get discouraged! For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Job 1:2He had seven sons and three daughters.
Job 23:8If I go to the east, he's not there; if I go the west, I don't find him.
Psalms 30:7Lord, when you showed me your favor I stood as strong as a mountain; when you turned away from me I was terrified.
Psalms 44:8God, we proudly thank you all day long, and praise your name forever. Selah.
Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine growing in your home. Your children will be like the shoots of an olive tree around 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 →