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Job 29:3

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

KJV

Quando splendebat lucerna ejus super caput meum, et ad lumen ejus ambulabam in tenebris :

Vulgate

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

LXX

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

ASV

בְּ/הִלּ֣/וֹ נֵ֭ר/וֹ עֲלֵ֣י רֹאשִׁ֑/י לְ֝/אוֹר/וֹ אֵ֣לֶךְ חֹֽשֶׁךְ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֣וֹר
'vr
noun · 120×
הָ
h
noun · 48×
הוּ
hv
verb · 163×
חֹ֔שֶׁךְ
chshk
noun · 80×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 22:29 — For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
  • Eph 5:8 — For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
  • Eph 5:14 — Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
  • Isa 2:4 — And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
  • Isa 50:10 — Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
  • Job 11:17 — And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
  • Job 18:6 — The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
  • Job 21:17 — How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
  • Job 22:28 — Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
  • Job 22:28 — Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
  • John 8:12 — Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth 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 believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
  • Prov 13:9 — The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
  • Prov 20:20 — Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
  • Prov 24:20 — For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
  • Ps 4:6 — There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
  • Ps 18:28 — For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
  • Ps 18:28 — For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
  • Ps 23:4 — Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
  • Ps 27:1 — 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?
  • Ps 27:1 — 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?
  • Ps 36:9 — For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 89:15 — Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
  • Ps 119:105 — Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.