Job 29:4
Verse 4 of 25. The 29th of 42 chapters in Job, in Poetry and Wisdom.
1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
5When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
7When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
- Pray with us todayToday's prayer
Job 29:4 in the World English Bible
as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was in my tent,Read Job 29:4 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Job 29:4
This was in the days of his youth (v. 4), when he was in the prime of his time for the enjoyment of those things and could relish them with the highest gust. Note, Those that prosper in the days of their youth know not what black and cloudy days they are yet reserved for. Two things made the months past pleasant to Job:—
Read Matthew Henry on Job 29:1–6: Former Prosperity of Job. (b. c. 1520.)
Pray Job 29:4 with someone reading it aloud.
Start praying with Pray.com- Pray with us todayToday's prayer
King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.