New English Translation
Job 29:5
5when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me;
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 he caused his lamp to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness; 4just as I was in my most productive time, when God’s intimate friendship was experienced in my tent, when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me; 6when my steps were bathed with butter and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil! 7When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square,
Read all of Job 29Job 29:5 word by word
בְּע֣וֹד שַׁ֭דַּי עִמָּדִ֑י סְבִ֖יבוֹתַ֣י נְעָרָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 29:5
- Job 23:3O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!
- Deuteronomy 33:27The everlasting God is a refuge, and underneath you are his eternal arms; he has driven out enemies before you, and has said, “Destroy!”
- Joshua 1:9I repeat, be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic, for I, the Lord your God, am with you in all you do.”
- Judges 6:12The Lord’s messenger appeared and said to him, “The Lord is with you, courageous warrior!”
- Psalms 30:7O Lord, in your good favor you made me secure. Then you rejected me and I was terrified.
- Psalms 43:2For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?
- Psalms 44:8In God I boast all day long, and we will continually give thanks to your name. (Selah)
- Jeremiah 14:8You have been the object of Israel’s hopes. You have saved them when they were in trouble. Why have you become like a resident foreigner in the land? Why have you become like a traveler who only stops in to spend the night?
- Matthew 9:15Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot mourn while the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.
- Job 1:2Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.
- Job 42:13And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
- Psalms 127:3Yes, sons are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.
- Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your table.
- Proverbs 17:6Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.
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
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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
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