Job 29:5-7

International Standard Version

⁵“The Almighty was still with me back then,
and my children were still around me.
⁶I was successful wherever I went,^[a]
and even the rocks poured out streams of olive oil for me.”

Job Remembers His Respected Position

⁷“Whenever I went out to the city gate,
a seat had been reserved for me in the plaza.^[b]

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Footnotes

Job 29:6 Lit. When my feet were bathed in cream
Job 29:7 Lit. square; i.e. he served as a ruling elder in his home city

Job 29:5-7

New International Version

⁵when the Almighty was still with me
and my children^(A) were around me,^(B)
⁶when my path was drenched with cream^(C)
and the rock^(D) poured out for me streams of olive oil.^(E)