Job 29:3-6
The Message
When God Was Still by My Side
29 1-6 Job now resumed his response:
“Oh, how I long for the good old days,
when God took such very good care of me.
He always held a lamp before me
and I walked through the dark by its light.
Oh, how I miss those golden years
when God’s friendship graced my home,
When the Mighty One was still by my side
and my children were all around me,
When everything was going my way,
and nothing seemed too difficult.
Job 29:3-6
New International Version
3 when his lamp shone on my head
and by his light I walked through darkness!(A)
4 Oh, for the days when I was in my prime,
when God’s intimate friendship(B) blessed my house,(C)
5 when the Almighty was still with me
and my children(D) were around me,(E)
6 when my path was drenched with cream(F)
and the rock(G) poured out for me streams of olive oil.(H)
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