Parallel Verses
King James 2000
When his lamp shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
Holman Bible
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;
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 29:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense
2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; 3 When his lamp 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 tent;
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 18:6
The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp shall be put out with him.
Psalm 18:28
For you will light my lamp: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
Job 11:17
And your life shall be brighter than the noonday; you shall shine forth, you shall be as the morning.
Job 21:17
How often is the lamp of the wicked put out! and how often comes their destruction upon them! God distributes sorrows in his anger.
Job 22:28
You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established for you: and the light shall shine upon your ways.
Psalm 4:6
There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift up the light of your countenance upon us.
Psalm 23:4
Yea, 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
[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?
Psalm 84:11
For 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.
Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous rejoices: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Proverbs 20:20
Whosoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in utter darkness.
Proverbs 24:20
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Isaiah 2:4
And he shall judge between the nations, and shall rebuke many people: 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 any more.
John 8:12
Then spoke Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
John 12:46
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believes on me should not abide in darkness.
Ephesians 5:8
For you were once darkness, but now are you light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Ephesians 5:14
Therefore he says, Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.