Job 29:5

Job 29:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
• New International Version (NIV)when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
• English Standard Version (ESV)when the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were all around me,
• New King James Version (NKJV)When the Almighty was yet with me, When my children were around me;

Context of Job 29:5

3When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness; 4As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent; When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me; 6When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil! 7When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,

Job 29:5 word by word

בְּע֣וֹד שַׁ֭דַּי עִמָּדִ֑י סְבִ֖יבוֹתַ֣י נְעָרָֽי׃Read the interlinear

• Almightyשַׁדַּיshadday · AlmightyH7706
• yetעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750

Cross-references for Job 29:5

• Job 23:3Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
• Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God isthy dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said, Destroy.
• Joshua 1:9Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
• Judges 6:12And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto him, and said unto him, Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valor.
• Psalms 30:7Thou, Jehovah, of thy favor hadst made my mountain to stand strong: Thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.
• Psalms 43:2For thou art the God of my strength; why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
• Psalms 44:8In God have we made our boast all the day long, And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. [Selah
• Jeremiah 14:8O thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
• Matthew 9:15And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast.
• Job 1:2And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
• Job 42:13He had also seven sons and three daughters.
• Psalms 127:3Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward.
• Psalms 128:3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.
• Proverbs 17:6Children’s children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

Commentaries on Job 29:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5When the Almighty was yet with me - Job regarded God as withdrawn from him. He now looked back with deep interest to the time when he dwelt with him.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-25Job compares his past happiness, honor, and wealth with his current loss of social dignity and divine friendship (chapters 29 and 30). He ends his speech with broad vows of innocence (chapter 31).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-25Job 29:1-25. 1. Job pauses for a reply. None being made, he proceeds to illustrate the mysteriousness of God's dealings, as set forth (Job 28:1-28) by his own case.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 29:5

• God

In the dictionaries

• Aged
• Chief
• Ready
• Child; Children
• Job, Book of

Commentaries on Job 29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings