American Standard Version
"As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent; "
— Job 29:4, American Standard Version
“As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;”
“as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was in my tent,”
“just as I was in my most productive time, when God’s intimate friendship was experienced in my tent,”
“As I was in the days of my youth, when God was secretly in my tabernacle?”
“As I was in my flowering years, when my tent was covered by the hand of God;”
“As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;”
And Job again took up his parable, and said,
Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;
When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;
As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;
When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me;
When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil!
When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,