Job 29:5
When yet the Mighty One [is] with me. Around me—my young ones,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
In Context
4As I have been in days of my maturity, || And the counsel of God on my tent.
6When washing my goings with butter, || And the firm rock [is] with me—streams of oil.
Cross References
Joshua 1:9Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous; do not be terrified nor frightened, for your God YHWH [is] with you in every [place] to where you go.”
Job 1:2And seven sons and three daughters are borne to him,
Job 23:8Behold, I go forward—and He is not, || And backward—and I do not perceive Him.
Psalms 30:7O YHWH, in Your good pleasure, || You have caused strength to remain for my mountain,” || You have hidden Your face—I have been troubled.
Psalms 44:8In God we have boasted all the day, || And we thank Your Name for all time. Selah.
Psalms 128:3Your wife [is] as a fruitful vine in the sides of your house, || Your sons as olive plants 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 →