Job Chapter 29 verse 4 Holy Bible

ASV Job 29:4

As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;
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BBE Job 29:4

As I was in my flowering years, when my tent was covered by the hand of God;
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DARBY Job 29:4

As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret counsel of +God was over my tent,
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KJV Job 29:4

As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
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WBT Job 29:4

As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
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WEB Job 29:4

As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was in my tent;
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YLT Job 29:4

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - As I was in the days of my youth; literally, in the days of my autumn - by which Job probably means the days of his "ripeness" or "full manhood" - which he had reached when his calamities fell upon him. When the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; or, the counsel of God; when, i.e., in my tent I held sweet counsel with God, and communed with him as friend with friend (comp. Psalm 25:14, "The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant;" and Proverbs 3:32, "For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous").

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) In the days of my youth.--Literally, my autumn: i.e., in the ripeness, maturity of my days. He was then in the depth of winter. (Comp. the words "in which it seemed always afternoon.") Some suppose, however, that as with the ancient and modern Jews the year began with the autumn, it is used much in the same way as we use spring.The secret of God.--Or, the counsel of God.