Job 29:3
When his light shined vpon mine head: and when by his light I walked thorowe the darkenesse,
Geneva Bible 1599
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 times past, when God preserued me!
4As I was in the dayes of my youth: when Gods prouidence was vpon my tabernacle:
Cross References
Job 18:6The light shalbe darke in his dwelling, and his candle shalbe put out with him.
Job 22:28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shall establish it vnto thee, and the light shall shine vpon thy wayes.
Psalms 18:28Surely thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God wil lighten my darkenes.
Psalms 23:4Yea, though I should walke through the valley of the shadowe of death, I will feare no euill: for thou art with me: thy rod and thy staffe, they comfort me.
Psalms 84:11For the Lord God is the sunne and shielde vnto vs: the Lord will giue grace and glory, and no good thing will he withhold from them that walke vprightly.
Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous reioyceth: but the candle of the wicked shall be put 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 →