Job 29:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

As I was in my flowering years, when my tent was covered by the hand of God;

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 25:14 : 14 The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.
  • Prov 3:32 : 32 For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.
  • Job 1:10 : 10 Have you yourself not put a wall round him and his house and all he has on every side, blessing the work of his hands, and increasing his cattle in the land?
  • Job 15:8 : 8 Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?
  • Ps 27:5 : 5 For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.
  • Ps 91:1 : 1 Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;
  • Col 3:3 : 3 For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God.

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  • Job 29:2-3
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    2 If only I might again be as I was in the months which are past, in the days when God was watching over me!

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    30 Then I was by his side, as a master workman: and I was his delight from day to day, playing before him at all times;

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  • Job 31:26-27
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    26 If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,

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    5 My thoughts go back to the days of the past, to the years which are gone.

  • Job 23:17
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    17 For I am overcome by the dark, and by the black night which is covering my face.

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    13 If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!

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    4 Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,

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    5 For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.

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    3 For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.

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    19 My root will be open to the waters, and the night mist will be on my branches,

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