Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
when his shining lamp [was] over my head-- 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;
King James 2000
When his lamp shined upon my head, and when 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 "{O that I were} as [in] the months before, as [in] the days [when] God watched over me, 3 when his shining lamp [was] over my head-- by his light I walked through darkness-- 4 as when I was in the days of my prime, when God's confiding [was] over my {house},
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 18:6
The light becomes dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out.
Psalm 18:28
For you light my lamp; Yahweh, my God, lights up my darkness.
Job 11:17
"{And your life will be brighter than noon}; [its] darkness will be like the morning.
Job 21:17
"How often is [the] lamp of [the] wicked put out, and their disaster comes upon them? He distributes pains in his anger.
Job 22:28
And you will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.
Psalm 4:6
Many are saying, "Who will show us [something] good?" Lift up over us the light of your face, O Yahweh.
Psalm 23:4
Even when I walk in a dark valley, I fear no evil because you [are] with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me
Psalm 27:1
Yahweh [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Yahweh [is] the refuge of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalm 84:11
Because Yahweh God [is] a sun and a shield; Yahweh gives grace and honor. He does not withhold good from those who walk blamelessly.
Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous will rejoice, but the lamp of the wicked will die out.
Proverbs 20:20
He who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished {in the midst of darkness}.
Proverbs 24:20
For there will not be a future for the evil; the lamp of the wicked will die out.
Isaiah 2:4
He shall judge between the nations and he shall arbitrate for many peoples. They shall beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks. A nation shall not lift up a sword against a nation, and they shall not learn war again.
John 8:12
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
John 12:46
I have come [as] a light into the world, in order that everyone who believes in me will not remain in the darkness.
Ephesians 5:8
for you were formerly darkness, but now [you are] light in the Lord. Live like children of light
Ephesians 5:14
for everything made visible is light. Therefore it says, Wake up, sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.