Tree of Life Version
Job 29:5
5when Shaddai was still with me, and my children surrounded 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 His lamp shone above my head, when by His light I walked through darkness; 4as I was in the days of my prime, when God’s intimate friendship was upon my tent, when Shaddai was still with me, and my children surrounded me; 6when my steps were bathed with butter, and the rock poured out for me streams of 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 23:3If only I knew where to find Him; if only I could go to His dwelling.
- Deuteronomy 33:27A refuge is the ancient God, and underneath are everlasting arms. He drove out the enemy before you and said, ‘Destroy!’
- Joshua 1:9Have I not commanded you? Chazak! Be strong! Do not be terrified or dismayed, for Adonai your God is with you wherever you go.”
- Judges 6:12Then the angel of Adonai appeared to him and said to him, “Adonai is with you, O mighty man of valor.”
- Psalms 30:7When I felt secure, I said: “I will never be shaken.”
- Psalms 43:2For You are my God, my stronghold. Why have You spurned me? Why do I go about gloomy because of the oppression of the enemy?
- Psalms 44:8For You saved us from our oppressors and put to shame those who hated us.
- Jeremiah 14:8O hope of Israel, Savior in time of trouble, why are You like a stranger in the land, or like a traveler who stays for a night?
- Matthew 9:15And Yeshua said to them, “The guests of the bridegroom cannot mourn while the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
- Job 1:2He had seven sons and three daughters
- Job 42:13He also had seven sons and three daughters.
- Psalms 127:3Behold, children are a heritage of Adonai —the fruit of the womb is a reward.
- Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house. Your children will be like olive saplings around your table.
- Proverbs 17:6Grandchildren are the crown of 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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