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Job 29:5

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

Job 29:5

Verse 5 of 25

Scripture focus

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

Job 29:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 29:5

Theological / Devotional

Yet with me. Job, through his afflictions, had come to look upon the Almighty as no longer with him (see chs. 6:4; 7:19; 9:17; 10:16).

Children. The two experiences that pained Job most are made parallel in this verse — the apparent withdrawing of the friendship of God and the loss of his children. The greatest happiness has within it the possibilities of the greatest sorrow. The greatest blessings, when they are removed, leave the greatest emptiness.

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