Job 29:5 Cross References - ISV

⁵ “The Almighty was still with me back then, and my children were still around me.

²⁷ The God of old is a dwelling place, with everlasting arms underneath. He drove out your enemies before you and said: ‘Destroy them!’ ²⁸ So Israel lives in confidence, isolated as the fountain of Jacob in a land of grain and new wine, where the heavens rain down dew. ²⁹ How blessed are you, Israel! Who can be like you, a people delivered by the LORD, your shield of help and your finely crafted sword. May your enemies cower before you. You will tread down their high places.”

⁹ I’ve commanded you, haven’t I? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be fearful or discouraged, because the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

¹² The angel of the LORD appeared to him and told him, “The LORD is with you, you valiant warrior!”
¹³ But Gideon replied, “Right… Sir, if the LORD is with us, then why has all of this happened to us? And where are all of his miraculous works that our ancestors recounted to us when they said, ‘The LORD brought us up from Egypt, didn’t he?’ But now the LORD has abandoned us and given us over to Midian!”

² Seven sons and three daughters had been born to him. ³ His livestock included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 teams of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and many servants. Indeed, the man’s stature greatly exceeded that of many people who lived in the East. ⁴ His sons used to travel to each other’s houses in turn on a regular schedule and hold festivals, inviting their three sisters to celebrate with them.
⁵ When their time of feasting had concluded, Job would rise early in the morning to send for them and consecrate them to God. He would offer a burnt offering for each one, because Job thought, “Perhaps my children sinned by cursing God in their hearts.” Job did this time and again.

³ If only I knew where to find him, I would visit him where he has taken his seat.

⁸ Job Justifies His Innocence“Look! If I go east, he isn’t there! If I go to the west, I don’t perceive him. ⁹ If he’s working in the north, I can’t observe him; If he turns south, I can’t see him. ¹⁰ Because he knows the road on which I travel, when he had tested me, I’ll come out like gold.

¹³ He also had seven sons and three daughters. ¹⁴ He named the first daughter Jemima, the second Keziah, and the name of the third was Keren-happuch. ¹⁵ No one could find more beautiful women in the whole land than Job’s daughters. Their father gave them their inheritance along with their brothers. ¹⁶ Job lived 140 years after this, and saw his children and grandchildren to the fourth generation.

⁷ By your favor, LORD, you established me as a strong mountain; Then you hid your face, and I was dismayed.

² Since you are the God who strengthens me, why have you forsaken me? Why do I go around mourning under the enemy’s oppression?”

⁸ We will praise God all day long; and to your name we will give thanks forever. Interlude ⁹ However, you cast us off and made us ashamed! You did not even march with our armies!

³ Children are a gift from the LORD; a productive womb, the LORD’s reward. ⁴ As arrows in the hand of a warrior, so also are children born during one’s youth. ⁵ How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be ashamed as they confront their enemies at the city gate.

³ Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children like olive shoots surrounding your table.

⁶ Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the pride of children is their parents.

⁴ He has brought me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love.

¹ The Loved One Night after night on my bed, I sought the one I love; I sought him, but didn’t find him. ² I’ll get up and go all around the city, throughout the streets, and in the squares. I’ll seek the one I love. I sought him, but didn’t find him.

⁸ Hope of Israel, its deliverer in time of trouble, why are you like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who sets up his tent for a night?

¹⁵ Jesus asked them, “The wedding guests can’t mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.”