KJV King James Version
When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness;
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Job 29:3
When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
WEB World English Bible
when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
ASV American Standard Version
When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk through darkness.
Surrounding context — Job 29
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;
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Psalm 18:28For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.John 8:12Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.Ephesians 5:8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:Job 18:6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.John 12:46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.Job 11:17And [thine] age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.Job 22:28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.Proverbs 24:20For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.Psalm 84:11For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good [thing] will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.Psalm 27:1[A Psalm] of David. The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.Isaiah 2:4And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.Psalm 23:4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou [art] with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.Psalm 4:6[There be] many that say, Who will shew us [any] good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.Proverbs 20:20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.Job 21:17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and [how oft] cometh their destruction upon them! [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger.
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