Job 29:3
When his lamp shone over my head, by whose light, I could go through darkness;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 it were with me as in the months of old, as in the days, when, GOD, used to watch over me;
4As I was, in the days of my prime, when, the intimacy of GOD, was over my tent;
Cross References
Job 18:6The light, hath darkened in his tent, Yea, his lamp above him, goeth out;
Job 22:28And thou shalt decree a purpose, and it shall be fulfilled unto thee, and, upon thy ways, shall have shone a light;
Psalms 18:28For, thou, didst light up my lamp, Yahweh my God, enlightened my darkness;
Psalms 23:4Yea, though I walk through a valley death-shadowed, I will fear no harm, for, thou, art with me, Thy rod and thy staff, they, comfort me.
Psalms 84:11For, a sun and shield, is Yahweh God,—Grace and glory, will Yahweh give, He will not withhold what is good, from them who walk without blame.
Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous, rejoiceth, but, the lamp of the lawless, goeth 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 →