Job 29:5
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;
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;
7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
- KJV
- When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
- 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;
- DARBY
- When the Almighty was yet with me, my young men round about me;
- BLB
- when yet Shaddai [was] with me, my children around me,
- ÅB
- da den Allmektige enda var med meg, og jeg hadde mine barn omkring meg,
- OTB
- Da Den Allmektige fortsatt var med meg,
Og mine barn omga meg; - B1930
- da den Allmektige ennu var med mig, og jeg hadde mine barn omkring mig,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.
Read in contextPsalms 127:3–5
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 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.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 2:4
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
Read in contextJoshua 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.
Read in contextSong 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.
Read in contextPsalms 30:7
LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
Read in contextJudges 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.
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