Job 29:3
His light shone above me and lit my way through the darkness.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
In Context
2“I wish I was back in the old days when God looked after me!
4When I was young and strong, God was my friend and spoke to me in my home.
Cross References
Job 18:6The light in their home goes out, the lamp hanging above is extinguished.
Job 22:28Whatever you decide to do will be successful, and wherever you go, light will shine on you.
Psalms 18:28You light my lamp! Lord, my God, you light up my darkness!
Psalms 23:4Even when I walk through the valley dark as death, I'm not afraid of any evil, because you are right there with me; your rod and your staff protect me.
Psalms 84:11For the Lord God is our sun and shield, and he gives us grace and honor. The Lord doesn't hold back anything good from those who do right.
Proverbs 13:9The life of good people shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed 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 →