Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

When his lamp shone over my head, by whose light, I could go through darkness;

New American Standard Bible

When His lamp shone over my head,
And by His light I walked through darkness;

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

when his lamp used to shine over my head, so I could walk through the dark,

A Conservative Version

when his lamp shone upon 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;

Amplified


When His lamp shone upon my head
And by His light I walked through darkness;

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

In his causing his light to shine upon my head, before his light I shall go through darkness;

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

when his shining lamp [was] over my head-- by his light I walked through darkness--

Modern King James verseion

when His lamp shone on my head; I walked through darkness by His light;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When his light shined upon my head; when I went after the same light and shining, even through the darkness.

NET Bible

when he caused his lamp to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;

New Heart English Bible

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

Webster

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,

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נרה נר ניר נר ניר 
Niyr 
Usage: 48

upon my head
ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

and when by his light
אור 
'owr 
Usage: 122

I walked
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

References

Easton

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

Job's Final Defense

2 Oh that it were with me as in the months of old, as in the days, when, GOD, used to watch over me; 3 When his lamp shone over my head, by whose light, I could go through darkness; 4 As I was, in the days of my prime, when, the intimacy of GOD, was over my tent;

Cross References

Job 18:6

The light, hath darkened in his tent, Yea, his lamp above him, goeth out;

Psalm 18:28

For, thou, didst light up my lamp, Yahweh my God, enlightened my darkness;

Job 11:17

Above high noon, shall rise life's continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear,

Job 21:17

How oft, the lamp of the lawless, goeth out, and their calamity, cometh upon them, Sorrows, apportioneth he in his anger;

Job 22:28

And thou shalt decree a purpose, and it shall be fulfilled unto thee, and, upon thy ways, shall have shone a light;

Psalm 4:6

Multitudes, are saying, Who will show us prosperity? Lift thou upon us the light of thy countenance, O Yahweh.

Psalm 23:4

Yea, 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.

Psalm 27:1

Yahweh, is my light and my salvation, Of whom shall I be afraid? Yahweh, is the refuge of my life, Of whom shall I be in dread?

Psalm 84:11

For, 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 13:9

The light of the righteous, rejoiceth, but, the lamp of the lawless, goeth out.

Proverbs 20:20

Whoso revileth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness.

Proverbs 24:20

For there shall be no future for the wicked, The lamp of the lawless, shall go out.

Isaiah 2:4

And he will judge between the nations, And be umpire to many peoples, - And they will beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning-hooks, Nation - against nation, shall not lift up sword, Neither shall they learn any more to make war,

John 8:12

Again, therefore, unto them, spake Jesus, saying - I, am the light of the world: He that followeth me, shall in nowise walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 12:46

I, a light, into the world have come, that, no one who believeth on me, in darkness, should abide.

Ephesians 5:8

For ye were, at one time, darkness, but, now, are ye light in the Lord, - as children of light, be walking,

Ephesians 5:14

Wherefore it saith - Up! thou sleeper, and arise from among the dead, and the Christ will shine upon thee.

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