King James Version
Job 29:3 in the King James Version says “When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; candle: or, lamp” — study this verse from Job chapter 29 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; candle: or, lamp”
Job 29:3 · KJV
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, continued: Heb. added to take up
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; candle: or, lamp
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“shined”
H1984to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causativ
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon my head”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
“and when by his light”
H216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
“through darkness”
H2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
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