Job 29:3
What does Job 29:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 29:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;
KJV
King James Version · 1611When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949When his light was shining over my head, and when I went through the dark by his light.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk <FI>through<Fi> darkness.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752When his lamp shined over my head, and I walked by his light in darkness?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890When his lamp shone over my head, [and] by his light I walked through darkness;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ephesians 5:14
Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
- Proverbs 20:20
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
- Psalms 84:11
For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
- Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous rejoiceth; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
- Ephesians 5:8
for ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light
- Job 18:6
The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
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