Job 29:5
When the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were about me;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 the converse of God was upon my tent;
6When my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers 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 the LORD 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 30:7(30-8) Thou hadst established, O LORD, in Thy favour my mountain as a stronghold — Thou didst hide Thy face; I was affrighted.
Psalms 44:8(44-9) In God have we gloried all the day, 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 →