Job 29:5 Cross References - JPS_ASV_Byz

⁵ When the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were about me;

²⁷ The eternal God is a dwelling-place, and underneath are the everlasting arms; and He thrust out the enemy from before thee, and said: 'Destroy.' ²⁸ And Israel dwelleth in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone, in a land of corn and wine; yea, his heavens drop down dew. ²⁹ Happy art thou, O Israel, who is like unto thee? a people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and that is the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall dwindle away before thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

⁹ Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.'

¹² And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him: 'The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.' ¹³ And Gideon said unto him: 'Oh, my lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where are all His wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying: Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.'

² And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. ³ His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east. ⁴ And his sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one upon his day; and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. ⁵ And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said: 'It may be that my sons have sinned, and blasphemed God in their hearts.' Thus did Job continually.

³ Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!

⁸ Behold, I go forward, but He is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive Him; ⁹ On the left hand, when He doth work, but I cannot behold Him, He turneth Himself to the right hand, but I cannot see Him. ¹⁰ For He knoweth the way that I take; when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

¹³ He had also seven sons and three daughters. ¹⁴ And he called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch. ¹⁵ And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. ¹⁶ And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.

⁷ (30:8) Thou hadst established, O LORD, in Thy favour my mountain as a stronghold - Thou didst hide Thy face; I was affrighted.

² For Thou art the God of my strength; why hast Thou cast me off? Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy?

⁸ (44:9) In God have we gloried all the day, and we will give thanks unto Thy name for ever. Selah ⁹ (44:10) Yet Thou hast cast off, and brought us to confusion; and goest not forth with our hosts.

³ Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD; the fruit of the womb is a reward. ⁴ As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of one's youth. ⁵ Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not be put to shame, when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

³ Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of thy house; thy children like olive plants, round about thy table.

⁶ Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

⁴ He hath brought me to the banqueting-house, and his banner over me is love.

¹ By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth; I sought him, but I found him not. ² 'I will rise now, and go about the city, in the streets and in the broad ways, I will seek him whom my soul loveth.' I sought him, but I found him not.

⁸ O Thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest Thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

¹⁵ And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast.