Job 29:3
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
Job 29:3 in other translations
| BSB | when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness, |
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| 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; |
| YLT | In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk through darkness. |
| DARBY | When his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness; |
| BBE | When his light was shining over my head, and when I went through the dark by his light. |
| Webster | When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; |
What does Job 29:3 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 29:1-6
Job proceeds to contrast his former prosperity with his present misery, through God's withdrawing from him. A gracious soul delights in God's smiles, not in the smiles of this world. Four things were then very pleasant to holy Job. 1. The confidence he had in the Divine protection. 2. The enjoyment he had of the Divine favour. 3. The communion he had with the Divine word. 4. The assurance he had of the Divine…
Job 29:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 29:3
- Psalms 18:28
For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
- John 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.
- Job 18:6
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
- Ephesians 5:8
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
- John 12:46
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
- Job 11:17
And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
- Job 22:28
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
- Proverbs 24:20
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
- Psalms 84:11
For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
- Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
- Psalms 23:4
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
- Ephesians 5:14
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
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Context
- Job 29:2
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
- Job 29:3
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
- Job 29:4
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
Job 29:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cuando hacía resplandecer su candela sobre mi cabeza, á la luz de la cual yo caminaba en la oscuridad; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Quand sa clarté luisait sur ma tête, et que dans les ténèbres je marchais à sa lumière; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | als seine Leuchte über meinem Haupte schien, und ich bei seinem Lichte durch die Finsternis wandelte; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quando splendebat lucerna ejus super caput meum, et ad lumen ejus ambulabam in tenebris: |