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Job’s Former Blessings

Job 29:4

In 11 translations

BSB
when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,Hebrew in the time of my harvest
KJV
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
WEB
as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was in my tent,
ASV
As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;
LSV
As I have been in days of my maturity, || And the counsel of God on my tent.
YLT
As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God upon my tent.
DBY
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret counsel of God was over my tent,Eloah
DRC
As I was in the days of my youth, when God was secretly in my tabernacle?
GNV
As I was in the dayes of my youth: when Gods prouidence was vpon my tabernacle:
JPS
As I was in the days of my youth, when the converse of God was upon my tent;
LXXE
As when I steadfastly pursued my ways, when God took care of my house.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר הָ֭יִיתִי בִּימֵ֣י חָרְפִּ֑י בְּס֥וֹד אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ עֲלֵ֣י אָהֳלִֽי׃
LXX-Br
Ὅτε ἤμην ἐπιβρίθων ὁδοὺς, ὅτε ὁ Θεὸς ἐπισκοπὴν ἐποιεῖτο τοῦ οἴκου μου·

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 25:14The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
  • Proverbs 3:32for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
  • Job 15:8Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?
  • Psalms 27:5For 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.
  • Job 1:10Have 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.
  • Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
  • Colossians 3:3For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

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