Job 29:5
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
Updated King James Version
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 days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
Cross References
Joshua 1:9Have not I commanded you? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be you dismayed: for the LORD your God is with you anywhere you go.
Job 1:2And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
Job 23:8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
Psalms 30:7LORD, by your favour you have made my mountain to stand strong: you did hide your face, and I was troubled.
Psalms 44:8In God we boast all the day long, and praise your name for ever. Selah.
Psalms 128:3Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of yours house: your children like olive plants round about 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 →