Job 29:4
Strong's Lexicon
when
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if

I was
הָ֭יִיתִי (hā·yî·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

in the days
בִּימֵ֣י (bî·mê)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

of my youth,
חָרְפִּ֑י (ḥā·rə·pî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2779: 1) harvest time, autumn 2) (CLBL) winter

when the friendship
בְּס֥וֹד (bə·sō·wḏ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5475: 1) council, counsel, assembly 1a) council (of familiar conversation) 1a1) divan, circle (of familiar friends) 1a2) assembly, company 1b) counsel 1b1) counsel (itself) 1b2) secret counsel 1b3) familiar converse, intimacy (with God)

of God
אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ (’ĕ·lō·w·ah)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 433: 1) God 2) false god

rested on
עֲלֵ֣י (‘ă·lê)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although

my tent,
אָהֳלִֽי׃ (’ā·ho·lî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 168: 1) tent 1a) nomad's tent, and thus symbolic of wilderness life, transience 1b) dwelling, home, habitation 1c) the sacred tent of Jehovah (the tabernacle)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,

Young's Literal Translation
As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God upon my tent.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I would be as  I was in  the days of my  youth when God’s friendship rested on  my  tent,

New American Standard Bible
As I was in the prime of my days, When the friendship of God [was] over my tent;

King James Bible
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God [was] upon my tabernacle;
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God's intimate friendship blessed my house,

New Living Translation
When I was in my prime, God's friendship was felt in my home.

English Standard Version
as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent,

New American Standard Bible
As I was in the prime of my days, When the friendship of God was over my tent;

King James Bible
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I would be as I was in the days of my youth when God's friendship rested on my tent,

International Standard Version
like when I was in my prime and God trusted me with his secrets!

NET Bible
just as I was in my most productive time, when God's intimate friendship was experienced in my tent,

American Standard Version
As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;

English Revised Version
As I was in the ripeness of my days, when the secret of God was upon my tent;

Young's Literal Translation
As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God upon my tent.
















Cross References
Job 15:8
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

Job 29:5
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;

Psalm 25:14
The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

Proverbs 3:32
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 29:3
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

Job 29:2
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

Job 29:1
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

Job 29:6
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

Job 29:7
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
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