Job 29:3
when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
In Context
2“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
4when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,
Cross References
Job 18:6The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
Job 22:28Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
Psalms 18:28For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
Psalms 23:4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
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 →