Job 29:4

Translations

Modern

…when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,

Traditional

As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

Literal

…as I was in the days of my harvest time, when the counsel of God was upon my tent,

Latin

…sicut fui in diebus adolescentiæ meæ, quando secreto Deus erat in tabernaculo meo:

Original

Hebrew

English

…when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,

Notes

Job 29:1–31:40

Job 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).

Events

Job's Trialc. 1650 BC

Related verses

Psalm 25:14
The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
Proverbs 3:32
…for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
Job 15:8
Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?
Job 1:10
Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
Psalm 27:5
For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
Psalm 91:1
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
Colossians 3:3
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

Glossary

Book of Job

Topics

Children: Job God: Grace of Good Children: Job Lamps: Illumination of the Tents of Arab Chiefs By, Alluded To

Job 29:4

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