Job 29:3
When his lamp shone over my head, [and] by his light I walked through darkness;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
In Context
2Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret counsel of God was over my tent,
Cross References
Job 18:6The light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.
Job 22:28And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.
Psalms 18:28For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
Psalms 23:4Yea, 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.
Psalms 84:11For Jehovah Elohim is a sun and shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous rejoiceth; 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 →