NET Bible
"just as I was in my most productive time, when God’s intimate friendship was experienced in my tent,"
— Job 29:4, NET Bible
“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 upon my tent; ”
“as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was 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;”
IV. Job’s Concluding Soliloquy(29:1-31:40)Job Recalls His Former Condition Then Job continued his speech:
“O that I could be as I was in the months now gone, in the days when God watched over me,
when he caused his lamp to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;
just as I was in my most productive time, when God’s intimate friendship was experienced in my tent,
when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me;
when my steps were bathed with butter and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil!
When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square,