Job 29:3
when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
In Context
2O that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me,
4as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was upon my tent,
Cross References
Job 18:6The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp above him shall be put out.
Job 22:28Thou shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee. And light shall shine upon thy ways.
Psalms 18:28For thou will light my lamp. LORD my God will lighten my darkness.
Psalms 23:4Yea, tho I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou are with me, thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
Psalms 84:11For LORD God is a sun and a shield. LORD will give grace and glory. He will withhold no good thing from those who walk uprightly.
Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Matthew Henry on Job 29:2-7
Former Prosperity of Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 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; 3 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; 6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; Losers may have leave to speak, and… Read the whole commentary →