Job 29:4
As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God upon my tent.
Young's Literal Translation
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
3In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk [through] darkness.
5When yet the Mighty One [is] with me. Round about me — my young ones,
Cross References
Job 1:10Hast not Thou made a hedge for him, and for his house, and for all that he hath — round about?
Psalms 25:14The secret of Jehovah [is] for those fearing Him, And His covenant — to cause them to know.
Psalms 91:1He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually,
Colossians 3:3for ye did die, and your life hath been hid with the 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 →