God’s Word Translation
Job 29:3
3when he made his lamp shine on my head, when I walked through the dark in his light.
Job 29:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
- New International Version (NIV)when his lamp shone on my head and by his light I walked through darkness!
- English Standard Version (ESV)when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
- New King James Version (NKJV)When His lamp shone upon my head, And when by His light I walked through darkness;
Context of Job 29:3
1Job continued his poems and said, 2“If only my life could be like it used to be, in the days when God watched over me, when he made his lamp shine on my head, when I walked through the dark in his light. 4If only I were in the prime of my life ⌞again⌟, when God was an adviser in my tent. 5When the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
Read all of Job 29Job 29:3 word by word
בְּהִלּ֣וֹ נֵ֭רוֹ עֲלֵ֣י רֹאשִׁ֑י לְ֝אוֹרוֹ אֵ֣לֶךְ חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 29:3
- Job 18:6The light in his tent becomes dark, and the lamp above him is snuffed out.
- Job 21:17“How often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does disaster happen to them? How often does an angry God give them pain?
- Psalms 18:28O Lord, you light my lamp. My God turns my darkness into light.
- Proverbs 13:9The light of righteous people beams brightly, but the lamp of wicked people will be snuffed out.
- Proverbs 20:20The lamp of the person who curses his father and mother will be snuffed out in total darkness.
- Proverbs 24:20because an evil person has no future, and the lamps of wicked people will be snuffed out.
- Job 22:28When you promise to do something, you will succeed, and light will shine on your path.
- Psalms 4:6Many are saying, “Who can show us anything good?” Let the light of your presence shine on us, O Lord.
- Psalms 23:4Even though I walk through the dark valley of death, because you are with me, I fear no harm. Your rod and your staff give me courage.
- Psalms 27:1The Lord is my light and my salvation. Who is there to fear? The Lord is my life’s fortress. Who is there to be afraid of?
- Psalms 84:11The Lord God is a sun and shield. The Lord grants favor and honor. He does not hold back any blessing from those who live innocently.
- Isaiah 2:4Then he will judge disputes between nations and settle arguments between many people. They will hammer their swords into plowblades and their spears into pruning shears. Nations will never fight against each other, and they will never train for war again.
- John 8:12Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again. He said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will have a life filled with light and will never live in the dark.”
- John 12:46I am the light that has come into the world so that everyone who believes in me will not live in the dark.
- Ephesians 5:8Once you lived in the dark, but now the Lord has filled you with light. Live as children who have light.
Commentaries on Job 29:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3When his candle shined upon my head - Alluding most probably to the custom of illuminating festival or assembly rooms by lamps pendant from the ceiling. These shone literally on the heads of the guests. By his light I walked through darkness - His light - prosperity and peace - continued to illuminate my way. If adversity came, I had always the light of God to direct me. Almost all the nations of the world have represented their great men as having a…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3When his candle shined upon my head - Margin, or, “lamp;” compare notes Job 18:6. It was remarked in the note on that place, that it was common to have lamps or lights always burning in a house or tent. When Job speaks of the lamps shining “on his head,” the allusion is probably to the custom of suspending a lamp from the ceiling - a custom which prevails among the wealthy Arabs. “Scott.” Virgil speaks of a similar thing in the palace of Dido: - Dependent…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-25Job compares his past happiness, honor, and wealth with his current loss of social dignity and divine friendship (chapters 29 and 30). He ends his speech with broad vows of innocence (chapter 31).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. candle--when His favor shone on me (see on Job 18:6 and Psa 18:28). darkness--By His safeguard I passed secure through dangers. Perhaps alluding to the lights carried before caravans in nightly travels through deserts [Noyes].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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