Job 29:5
when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,
World English Bible Catholic
In The King James Version
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
In Context
4as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was in my tent,
6when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,
Cross References
Joshua 1:9Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
Job 1:2There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
Job 23:8“If I go east, he is not there. If I go west, I can’t find him.
Psalms 30:7You, LORD, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.
Psalms 44:8In God we have made our boast all day long. We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.
Psalms 128:3Your wife will be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house, your children like olive shoots 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 →