約伯記 29:5

5 全 能 者 仍 與 我 同 在 ； 我 的 兒 女 都 環 繞 我 。

約伯記 29:5 Meaning and Commentary

Job 29:5

When the Almighty [was] yet with me
Not merely by his powerful and providential presence, as he is with all men; but in a special manner by his gracious presence, which is a wonderful and distinguishing favour; but sometimes the people of God are without it, at least they think so, and which was now Job's case, see ( Job 23:2 Job 23:3 Job 23:8 Job 23:9 ) ; and therefore he desires he would return to him, and show him his face and favour:

[when] my children [were] about me;
as olive plants about his table, in their youth; when he looked at them with great delight and pleasure, as his growing hopes; and, when grown up, and were not far from him, but were round about him, and lay near his heart, and whose welfare, temporal and spiritual, he was solicitous for; but now they were all taken away from him, and were no more: the word for "children" signifies also "servants" ^F20, and may take in them, of whom he had many to do his work and business; to attend upon him, to wait his orders, and execute them, and guard his person; but now many of them were slain by the Sabeans and Chaldeans, and by fire from heaven; and those he had were very disrespectful to him, see ( Job 19:15 Job 19:16 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 (yren) "juvenes mei", Tigurine version; "vel famuli vel filii", Mercerus, Drusius; so Jarchi.

約伯記 29:5 In-Context

3 那 時 他 的 燈 照 在 我 頭 上 ； 我 藉 他 的 光 行 過 黑 暗 。

4 我 願 如 壯 年 的 時 候 ： 那 時 我 在 帳 棚 中 ， 神 待 我 有 密 友 之 情 ；

5 全 能 者 仍 與 我 同 在 ； 我 的 兒 女 都 環 繞 我 。

6 奶 多 可 洗 我 的 腳 ； 磐 石 為 我 出 油 成 河 。

7 我 出 到 城 門 ， 在 街 上 設 立 座 位 ；