Job 29:5
When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were around me;
Noyes Bible
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 autumn of my days, When the friendship of God was over my tent;
6When I bathed my steps in milk, And the rock poured me out rivers of oil!
Cross References
Job 1:2He had seven sons and three daughters.
Job 23:8But, behold, I go eastward, and he is not there; And westward, but I cannot perceive him;
Psalms 30:7Thou, O LORD! by thy favor, hast made my mountain to stand strong; Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled!
Psalms 44:8In God will we glory continually; Yea, we will praise thy name for ever! [[Pause.]]
Psalms 128:3Thy wife shall be like a fruitful vine within thy house; Thy children like olive-branches 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 →