Job 29:3
בְּהִלּוֹ נֵרוֹ עֲלֵי רֹאשִׁי לְאוֹרוֹ אֵלֶךְ חֹֽשֶׁךְ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
In Context
2מִֽי ־ יִתְּנֵנִי כְיַרְחֵי ־ קֶדֶם כִּימֵי אֱלוֹהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי ׃
4כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיִיתִי בִּימֵי חָרְפִּי בְּסוֹד אֱלוֹהַּ עֲלֵי אָהֳלִֽי ׃
Cross References
Job 18:6אוֹר חָשַׁךְ בְּאָהֳלוֹ וְנֵרוֹ עָלָיו יִדְעָֽךְ ׃
Job 22:28וְֽתִגְזַר ־ אוֹמֶר וְיָקָם לָךְ וְעַל ־ דְּרָכֶיךָ נָגַֽהּ אֽוֹר ׃
Psalms 18:28כִּֽי ־ אַתָּה עַם ־ עָנִי תוֹשִׁיעַ וְעֵינַיִם רָמוֹת תַּשְׁפִּֽיל ׃
Psalms 23:4גַּם כִּֽי ־ אֵלֵךְ בְּגֵיא צַלְמָוֶת לֹא ־ אִירָא רָע כִּי ־ אַתָּה עִמָּדִי שִׁבְטְךָ וּמִשְׁעַנְתֶּךָ הֵמָּה יְנַֽחֲמֻֽנִי ׃
Psalms 84:11כִּי טֽוֹב ־ יוֹם בַּחֲצֵרֶיךָ מֵאָלֶף בָּחַרְתִּי הִסְתּוֹפֵף בְּבֵית אֱלֹהַי מִדּוּר בְּאָהֳלֵי ־ רֶֽשַׁע ׃
Proverbs 13:9אוֹר ־ צַדִּיקִים יִשְׂמָח וְנֵר רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָֽךְ ׃
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 →