Job 29:4 “when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,”

Job 29:4

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was in my tent,

American Standard Version

As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;

Geneva Bible 1599

As I was in the dayes of my youth: when Gods prouidence was vpon my tabernacle:

Darby Translation

As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret counsel of God was over my tent,

Young's Literal Translation

As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God upon my tent.

Bible in Basic English

As I was in my flowering years, when my tent was covered by the hand of God;

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Cross references

“the secret”

Psalm 25:14 Proverbs 3:32 Job 1:10 Job 15:8 Psalm 27:5 Psalm 91:1

Psalm 25:14 · BSB

The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.

Proverbs 3:32 · BSB

for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.

Job 1:10 · BSB

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.

Job 15:8 · BSB

Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?

Psalm 27:5 · BSB

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 · BSB

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,

5when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,

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