Job 29:3
When his lamp shone over my head, when by his light I could walk in darkness;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
In Context
2Who will give me back months like those which are past, days like those when God guarded me;
4As I was in the days of my abundance, when the confidence of God was upon my tent:
Cross References
Job 18:6The light becometh dark in his tent, and his lamp will be quenched above him.
Job 22:28And if thou decree a thing, it will be fulfilled unto thee; and upon thy ways the light will shine.
Psalms 18:28(18:29) For thou wilt cause my light to shine: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
Psalms 23:4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will not fear evil; for thou art with me: thy rod and thy staff—they indeed comfort me.
Psalms 84:11(84:12) For a sun and shield is the Lord God; grace and glory will the Lord give; he will not withhold any good from those that walk with integrity.
Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous burneth joyfully; but the lamp of the wicked will be quenched.
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 →