Job 29:3
When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;
American Standard Version
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 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 shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways.
Psalms 18:28For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.
Psalms 23:4Yea, thou 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 God is a sun and a 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 →