Parallel Verses

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,

The Emphasized Bible

When his lamp shone over my head, by whose light, I could go 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 I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me, 3 When His lamp shone over my head,
And by His light I walked through darkness;
4 as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent,

Cross References

Job 18:6

The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out.

Psalm 18:28

For it is you who light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.

Job 11:17

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

Job 21:17

"How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity comes upon them? That God distributes pains in his anger?

Job 22:28

You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.

Psalm 4:6

There are many who say, "Who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, O LORD!"

Psalm 23:4

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

Psalm 27:1

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 84:11

For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

Proverbs 20:20

If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

Proverbs 24:20

for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

Isaiah 2:4

He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.

John 8:12

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

John 12:46

I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.

Ephesians 5:8

for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

Ephesians 5:14

for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

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