Job 29:3
When His ner (lamp) shined upon my rosh, 1 and when by His ohr I walked through choshech; 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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, 1 as in the days when Eloah was shomer over me; 1
Cross References
Job 18:6The ohr shall be choshech in his ohel, 1 and his ner (lamp) above him is extinguished. 1
Job 22:28Thou shalt also decide a matter, and it shall be established unto thee, 1 and the ohr shall shine upon thy ways. 1
Psalms 18:28For Thou wilt save the ani (poor); 1 but wilt bring down low haughty looks. 1
Psalms 23:4Yea, though I walk through the Gey Tzalmavet (Valley of the Shadow of Death), 1 I will fear no rah (evil); 1 for Thou art with me; 1 Thy shevet (rod) and Thy staff they comfort me. 1
Psalms 84:11For a yom in Thy khatzrot is better 1 than a thousand. 1 I had rather be a doorkeeper in the Beis Elohai, 1 than to dwell in the ohalim resha (tents of wickedness). 1
Proverbs 13:9The ohr (light) of the tzaddik rejoiceth, 1 but the ner (lamp) of the resha'im (wicked) shall be put out. 1
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 →