Job 29:5
when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
In Context
4when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,
6when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
Cross References
Joshua 1:9Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be 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 east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
Psalms 30:7O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
Psalms 44:8In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah
Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting 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 →