Job 29:3

In 11 translations

BSB

when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,

KJV

When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;candle: or, lamp

WEB

when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

ASV

When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;

LSV

In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, || By His light I walk [through] darkness.

YLT

In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk [through] darkness.

DBY

When his lamp shone over my head, [and] by his light I walked through darkness;

DRC

When his lamp shined over my head, and I walked by his light in darkness?

GNV

When his light shined vpon mine head: and when by his light I walked thorowe the darkenesse,

JPS

When His lamp shined above my head, and by His light I walked through darkness;

LXXE

As when his lamp shone over my head; when by his light I walked through darkness.

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WLC

בְּהִלּ֣וֹ נֵ֭רוֹ עֲלֵ֣י רֹאשִׁ֑י לְ֝אוֹרוֹ אֵ֣לֶךְ חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

LXX-Br

Ὡς ὅτε ηὔγει ὁ λύχνος αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς μου, ὅτε τῷ φωτὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπορευόμην ἐν σκότει·

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• Psalms 18:28For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
• John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
• John 12:46I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
• Job 18:6The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
• Ephesians 5:8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
• Job 11:17Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
• Job 22:28Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
• Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
• Proverbs 24:20For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
• Ephesians 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
• Psalms 23:4Even 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.
• Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
• Isaiah 2:4Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train…
• Psalms 27:1The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
• Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
• Psalms 4:6Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.

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