Job 29:3 “when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through t…”

Job 29:3

when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

World English Bible

when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

American Standard Version

When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;

Geneva Bible 1599

When his light shined vpon mine head: and when by his light I walked thorowe the darkenesse,

Darby Translation

When his lamp shone over my head, [and] by his light I walked through darkness;

Young's Literal Translation

In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk [through] darkness.

Bible in Basic English

When his light was shining over my head, and when I went through the dark by his light.

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Cross references

“candle”

Psalm 18:28 Job 18:6 Proverbs 24:20 Proverbs 13:9 Job 21:17 Proverbs 20:20

Psalm 18:28 · BSB

For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.

Job 18:6 · BSB

The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.

Proverbs 24:20 · BSB

For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

Proverbs 13:9 · BSB

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

Job 21:17 · BSB

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?

Proverbs 20:20 · BSB

Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

“by his light”

John 8:12 John 12:46 Ephesians 5:8 Job 22:28 Psalm 84:11 Psalm 23:4

John 8:12 · BSB

Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 12:46 · BSB

I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.

Ephesians 5:8 · BSB

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

Job 22:28 · BSB

Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.

Psalm 84:11 · BSB

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

Psalm 23:4 · BSB

Even 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.

Also

Job 11:17

Job 11:17 · BSB

Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,

4when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,

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