Job 29:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,”
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“when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;”
King James Version · Public Domain“When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk <FI>through<Fi> darkness.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 29:3 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 11:17Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
- Job 18:6The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
- Job 21:17How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
- Job 22:28Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
- Psalms 4:6Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
- Psalms 18:28For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
- Psalms 18:29For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
- Psalms 112:4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
- Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
- Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
- Proverbs 24:20For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be 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 anymore for war.
- 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.
- Ephesians 5:8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
- Ephesians 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
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