Job 29:3
when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
World English Bible Updated
In The King James Version
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
In Context
2“Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
4as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was in my tent,
Cross References
Job 18:6The light will be dark in his tent. His lamp above him will be put out.
Job 22:28You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.
Psalms 18:28For you will light my lamp, LORD. My God will light 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 will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is 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 →