Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

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

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 Who will give me as the months of old, as the days God will watch me? 3 In his causing his light to shine upon my head, before his light I shall go through darkness; 4 As I was in the days of my ripeness, in the intercourse of God upon my tent;

Cross References

Job 18:6

The light was darkened in his tent, and his lamp shall be extinguished for him.

Psalm 18:28

For thou wilt enlighten my lamp Jehovah my God will give light to my darkness.

Job 11:17

And life shall rise above the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning

Job 21:17

How often the light of the unjust shall be extinguished, and their destruction will come upon them. He will distribute pains in his anger.

Job 22:28

And thou shalt decide the word, and it shall be set up to thee: and the light shone upon thy ways.

Psalm 4:6

Many saying, Who will cause us to see good? Lift up upon us the light of thy face, O Jehovah.

Psalm 23:4

Also if I shall go into the valley of the shadow of death, I shall not be afraid of evil, for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they will comfort me.

Psalm 27:1

To David. Jehovah my light and my saviour; of whom shall I be afraid? Jehovah the strength of my life; from whom shall I tremble?

Psalm 84:11

For Jehovah God a sun and shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; he will not withhold good to those going uprightly.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the just shall rejoice: and the lamp of the unjust shall be quenched.

Proverbs 20:20

He cursing his father and his mother, his lamp shall go out in the midst of darkness.

Proverbs 24:20

For there shall be no latter state to the evil one: the light of the unjust shall be extinguished.

Isaiah 2:4

And he judged between the nations, and he will decide for many peoples: and they shall beat down their swords to plough-shares and their spears to pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, and they shall no more learn war.

John 8:12

Again therefore Jesus spake to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he following me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 12:46

I have come a light into the world, that every one believing in me should not remain in darkness.

Ephesians 5:8

For ye were then darkness, and now light in the Lord: walk ye as children of light:

Ephesians 5:14

Wherefore he says, Awake, who sleeping, and arise from the dead, and Christ will enlighten thee.

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