Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

when the Almighty was yet with me, and my sons were about me,

New American Standard Bible

When the Almighty was yet with me,
And my children were around me;

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

when the Almighty was still with me
and my children were around me,

International Standard Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


When the Almighty was still with me
And my boys were around me,

Bible in Basic English

While the Ruler of all was still with me, and my children were round me;

Darby Translation

When the Almighty was yet with me, my young men round about me;

Julia Smith Translation

In the Almighty being yet with me, my youths round about me;

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

when Shaddai[was] still with me, my children [were] all around me,

Modern King James verseion

when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children stood about me;

NET Bible

when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me;

New Heart English Bible

when Shaddai was yet with me, and my children were around me,

The Emphasized Bible

While yet the Almighty was with me, round about me, were my young men;

Webster

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

World English Bible

when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,

Youngs Literal Translation

When yet the Mighty One is with me. Round about me -- my young ones,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁדּי 
Shadday 
Usage: 48

was yet with me, when my children
נער 
Na`ar 
Usage: 239

סביבה סביב 
Cabiyb 
Usage: 334

Context Readings

Job's Final Defense

4 as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was upon my tent, 5 when the Almighty was yet with me, and my sons were about me, 6 when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil to me,

Cross References

Psalm 128:3

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

Deuteronomy 33:27-29

The eternal God is [thy] dwelling-place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, and said, Destroy.

Joshua 1:9

Have I not commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage. Be not frightened, neither be thou dismayed, for LORD thy God is with thee wherever thou go.

Judges 6:12-13

And the agent of LORD appeared to him, and said to him, LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valor.

Job 1:2-5

And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.

Job 23:3

O that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!

Job 23:8-10

Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there], and backward, but I cannot perceive him,

Job 42:13-16

He had also seven sons and three daughters.

Psalm 30:7

Thou, LORD, of thy favor had made my mountain to stand strong. Thou hid thy face; I was troubled.

Psalm 43:2

For thou are the God of my strength. Why have thou cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Psalm 44:8-9

In God we have made our boast all the day long, and we will give thanks to thy name forever. Selah.

Psalm 127:3-5

Lo, sons are a heritage of LORD, [and] the fruit of the womb is [a] reward.

Proverbs 17:6

Son's sons are the crown of old men, and the glory of sons are their fathers.

Song of Songs 2:4

He brought me to the banquet house, and his banner over me was love.

Song of Songs 3:1-2

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.

Jeremiah 14:8

O thou hope of Israel, the Savior of it in the time of trouble, why should thou be as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to tarry for a night?

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said to them, The sons of the wedding hall cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them. But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

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