When the Almighty was yet with me, When my children were around me;
Parallel translations
- WEB when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,
- KJV When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
- BSB when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
- NASB When the Almighty was still with me, And my children were around me;
- NLT The Almighty was still with me, and my children were around me.
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Quick answer
Job recalls when the Almighty was present with him and his children surrounded him.
Overview
Job's memory centers on two great blessings: God's presence and a flourishing family. The loss of both makes his lament especially poignant, since his children had died. The verse reminds us that earthly blessings, however precious, are gifts held in God's hands, and that lasting comfort rests in His abiding presence.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 17
- Ps 128:3Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around your table.
- Ps 127:3–5Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
- Deut 33:27–29The eternal God is your dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, ‘Destroy!’
- Ps 30:7You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.
- Josh 1:9Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”
- Song 3:1–2By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.
- Song 2:4He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.
- Jer 14:8You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?
- Ps 44:8–9In God we have made our boast all day long, we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.
- Matt 9:15Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
- Ps 43:2For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
- Job 1:2–5There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
- Judg 6:12–13Yahweh’s angel appeared to him, and said to him, “Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valor!”
- Job 23:3Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
- Job 23:8–10“If I go east, he is not there; if west, I can’t find him;
- Job 42:13–16He had also seven sons and three daughters.
- Prov 17:6Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.
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Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
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