“ When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; ”
When the Almighty was yet with me - Job regarded God as withdrawn from him.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.
Job 29. Job's Former Happy Days. Job 29:1-6 . Job longs that he might once again live as of old under God's favour. In Job 29:4 secret means intimacy ( cf. Psalms 25:14 ). Job 29:7-10 ....
THE ALMIGHTY. Hebrew Shaddai. App-4. children . youths.
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; No JFB commentary on this verse.
Job's Past Greatness and Happiness Job mournfully recalls the days of God's favour, and the prosperity and honour he once enjoyed. In this chapter we have the picture of a great and worthy chiefta...
XXIV. AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING Job 29:1-25 ; Job 30:1-31 ; Job 31:1-40 Job SPEAKS FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a pitiable second state of existence, Job...
the Bitter Memory of the Happy Past Job 29:1-25 How many thousands, looking back on the beautiful dawn of life which has become overcast, have uttered the thought of the opening words of this c...
Job now moved a step forward in his reply. He was still without a solution. That of his friends he utterly repudiated. In order to prepare the way for the utterance of a solemn oath of innocence, he...
(1) В¶ Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, (2) Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; (3) When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walke...
When the Almighty [was] yet with me ,.... Not merely by his powerful and providential presence, as he is with all men; but in a special manner by his gracious presence, which is a wonderful and dist...
When the Almighty [was] yet with me, [when] my children [were] about me; Ver. 5. When the Almighty was yet with me ] To prosper me, and give me all that heart could wish or need require. But if th...
When the Almighty was yet with me On my side; whereas now he is against me, and hath forsaken me. When my children were about me Or, servants , for the word נערי, nagnarai , signifies both. Whe...
JOB'S PAST GREATNESS In this chapter Job dwells upon the honour and dignity that had been his in the past. While he was sincere in what he said, and no doubt spoke truthfully, yet there is far too...
Former Prosperity of Job. B. C. 1520. 1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, ...
With me, i.e. on my side; whereas now he is against me, and hath forsaken me. My children, or servants , or both; and therefore he useth this word, which comprehends both.
JOB’S RETROSPECT Takes a calm retrospective view of his past experience and life. Thus disproves the suspicions and accusations of his friends, and shows that his complaints were sufficiently we...
Job 29:5 I. When our children are children, we should really have them "about us." II. When our children are about us, we should consider, with Job, that we are prosperous. III. When our childre...
Job 29:3 . When his candle shined upon my head; that is, when the light of his countenance shone upon me, in every form of patriarchal prosperity. This figure seems to be borrowed from the lights...
EXPOSITION Job 29:1-18 From these deep musings upon the nature of true wisdom, and the contrast between the ingenuity and cleverness of man and the infinite knowledge of God, Job turns to a...
Job Describes his Former Prosperity
Deuteronomy 33:27-29 ; Jeremiah 14:8 ; Job 1:2-5 ; Job 23:3 ; Job 23:8-10 ; Job 42:13-16 ; Joshua 1:9 ; Judges 6:12 ; Judges 6:13 ; Matthew 9:15 ; Proverbs 17:6 ; Psalms 127:3-5 ; Psalms...