Job 29:4
As I was in the days of my abundance, when the confidence of God was upon my tent:
Leeser Tanakh
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 over my head, when by his light I could walk in darkness;
5When the Almighty was yet with me, when my servants stood round about me;
Cross References
Job 1:10Behold, thou hast indeed placed a fence about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side: the work of his hands hast thou blessed, and his cattle are far spread out in the land.
Psalms 25:14The secret counsel of the Lord is for those that fear him, and his covenant—to make it known to them.
Psalms 91:1He who sitteth under the secret protection of the Most High, shall rest under the shadow of the Almighty.
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 →