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Job 29:4

NETBible	just as I was in my most productive time,¹ when God’s intimate friendship² was experienced in my tent,
NIV © biblegateway Job 29:4	Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God’s intimate friendship blessed my house,
NASB © biblegateway Job 29:4	As I was in the prime of my days, When the friendship of God was over my tent;
NLT © biblegateway Job 29:4	In my early years, the friendship of God was felt in my home.
MSG © biblegateway Job 29:4	Oh, how I miss those golden years when God's friendship graced my home,
BBE © SABDAweb Job 29:4	As I was in my flowering years, when my tent was covered by the hand of God;
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 29:4	when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent;
NKJV © biblegateway Job 29:4	Just as I was in the days of my prime, When the friendly counsel of God was over my tent;
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KJV	As I was in the days <03117> of my youth <02779>_, when the secret <05475> of God <0433> [was] upon my tabernacle <0168>_;
NASB © biblegateway Job 29:4	As I was in the prime <02779> of my days <03117> , When the friendship <05475> of God <0433> was over <05921> my tent <0168> ;
LXXM	ote <3753> ADV hmhn <1510> V-IMI-1S epibriywn {V-PAPNS} odoiv <3598> N-DPF ote <3753> ADV o <3588> T-NSM yeov <2316> N-NSM episkophn <1984> N-ASF epoieito <4160> V-IMI-3S tou <3588> T-GSM oikou <3624> N-GSM mou <1473> P-GS
NET [draft] ITL	just <0834> as I was <01961> in my most productive <02779> time <03117> , when God’s <0433> intimate friendship <05475> was experienced in <05921> my tent <0168> ,
HEBREW	ylha <0168> yle <05921> hwla <0433> dwob <05475> yprx <02779> ymyb <03117> ytyyh <01961> rsak (29:4) <0834>

NETBible

just as I was in my most productive time,¹ when God’s intimate friendship² was experienced in my tent,

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “in the days of my ripeness.” The word חֹרֶף (khoref) denotes the time when the harvest is gathered in because the fruit is ripe. Since this is the autumn, many translate that way here – but “autumn” has a different connotation now. The text is pointing to a time when the righteous reaps what he has sown, and can enjoy the benefits. The translation “most productive time” seems to capture the point better than “autumn” or even “prime.”

²tc The word סוֹד (sod) in this verse is an infinitive construct, prefixed with the temporal preposition and followed by a subjective genitive. It forms a temporal clause. There is some disagreement about the form and its meaning. The confusion in the versions shows that they were paraphrasing to get the general sense. In the Bible the derived noun (from יָסַד, yasad) means (a) a circle of close friends; (b) intimacy. Others follow the LXX and the Syriac with a meaning of “protect,” based on a change from ד (dalet) to כּ (kaf), and assuming the root was סָכַךְ (sakhakh). This would mean, “when God protected my tent” (cf. NAB). D. W. Thomas tries to justify this meaning without changing the text (“The Interpretation of BSOÝD in Job 29:4,” JBL 65 [1946]: 63-66).