Job 29:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,”
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BSBPD
“when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God upon my tent.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 29:4 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Job 15:8Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?
- Psalms 25:14The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
- 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.
- Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Proverbs 3:32for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
- Colossians 3:3For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
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