Job 29:5
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
Job 29:5 in other translations
| BSB | when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me, |
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| WEB | when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me, |
| ASV | When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me; |
| YLT | When yet the Mighty One is with me. Round about me--my young ones, |
| DARBY | When the Almighty was yet with me, my young men round about me; |
| BBE | While the Ruler of all was still with me, and my children were round me; |
| Webster | When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; |
What does Job 29:5 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 29:1-6
Job proceeds to contrast his former prosperity with his present misery, through God's withdrawing from him. A gracious soul delights in God's smiles, not in the smiles of this world. Four things were then very pleasant to holy Job. 1. The confidence he had in the Divine protection. 2. The enjoyment he had of the Divine favour. 3. The communion he had with the Divine word. 4. The assurance he had of the Divine…
Job 29:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 29:5
- Psalms 128:3
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
- Psalms 127:3-5
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
- Deuteronomy 33:27-29
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them. Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
- Song of Solomon 2:4
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
- Joshua 1:9
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
- Song of Solomon 3:1-2
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
- Psalms 30:7
Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
- Judges 6:12-13
And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
- Job 42:13-16
He had also seven sons and three daughters. And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren–happuch. And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.
- Psalms 43:2
For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
- Job 23:8-10
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
- Psalms 44:8-9
In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah. But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
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Context
- Job 29:4
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
- Job 29:5
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
- Job 29:6
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
Job 29:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cuando aun el Omnipotente estaba conmigo, y mis hijos alrededor de mí; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Quand le Tout-puissant était encore avec moi, et que mes jeunes gens m’entouraient; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | als der Allmächtige noch mit mir war, meine Knaben rings um mich her; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quando erat Omnipotens mecum, et in circuitu meo pueri mei: |