Job 29:3
1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
- KJV
- When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
- WEB
- when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
- ASV
- When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;
- DARBY
- When his lamp shone over my head, [and] by his light I walked through darkness;
- BLB
- In His lamp shining upon my head, by His light I walked [through] darkness,
- ÅB
- da hans lampe skinte over mitt hode, da jeg ved hans lys vandret gjennom mørket,
- OTB
- Da hans lampe skinte over meg,
Og ved hans lys vandret jeg gjennom mørket; - B1930
- da hans lampe skinte over mitt hode, da jeg ved hans lys vandret gjennem mørket,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 18:28
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
Read in contextJohn 8:12
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Read in contextJob 18:6
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
Read in contextEphesians 5:8
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Read in contextJohn 12:46
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
Read in contextJob 11:17
And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
Read in contextJob 22:28
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
Read in contextProverbs 24:20
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
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