Job 29:4
As I was in the ripeness of my days, when the secret of God was upon my tent;
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
In Context
3When his lamp shined upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;
5When the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were about me;
Cross References
Job 1:10Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
Psalms 25:14The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
Psalms 91:1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Colossians 3:3For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
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 →