Job 29:5
When I was very fruitful, 1 And my children were about me; 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
In Context
4As when I steadfastly pursued my ways, 1 When God took care of my house. 1
6When my ways were moistened with butter, 1 And the mountains flowed for me with milk. 1
Cross References
Joshua 1:9Lo! I have commanded thee; be strong and courageous, be not cowardly nor fearful, for the Lord thy God is with thee in all places whither thou goest.
Job 1:2And he had seven sons and three daughters. 1
Job 23:8For if I shall go first, and exist no longer, 1 Still what do I know concerning the latter end? 1
Psalms 30:7Thou hast hated them that idly persist in vanities: 1 But I have hoped in the Lord. 1
Psalms 44:8Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: 1 Therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee 1 With the oil of gladness beyond thy fellows. 1
Psalms 128:3The sinners wrought upon my back: 1 They prolonged their iniquity. 1
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 →