Job 29:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

When his light was shining over my head, and when I went through the dark by his light.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 18:28 : 28 You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.
  • Job 18:6 : 6 The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.
  • John 8:12 : 12 Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.
  • John 12:46 : 46 I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark.
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.
  • Job 11:17 : 17 And your life will be brighter than day; though it is dark, it will become like the morning.
  • Isa 2:4 : 4 And he will be the judge between the nations, and the peoples will be ruled by his decisions: and their swords will be turned into plough-blades, and their spears into vine-knives: no longer will the nations be turning their swords against one another, and the knowledge of war will be gone for ever.
  • Job 22:28 : 28 Your purposes will come about, and light will be shining on your ways.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
  • Prov 13:9 : 9 There is a glad dawn for the upright man, but the light of the sinner will be put out.
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.
  • Prov 24:20 : 20 For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.
  • Ps 4:6 : 6 There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.
  • Job 21:17 : 17 How frequently is the light of the evil-doers put out, or does trouble come on them? how frequently does his wrath take them with cords?
  • Ps 23:4 : 4 Yes, though I go through the valley of deep shade, I will have no fear of evil; for you are with me, your rod and your support are my comfort.
  • Ps 27:1 : 1 <Of David.> The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 29:4-7
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    83%

    4 As I was in my flowering years, when my tent was covered by the hand of God;

    5 While the Ruler of all was still with me, and my children were round me;

    6 When my steps were washed with milk, and rivers of oil were flowing out of the rock for me.

    7 When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,

  • Ps 18:28
    80%

    28 You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.

  • Lam 3:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1 I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his wrath.

    2 By him I have been made to go in the dark where there is no light.

  • 2 Sam 22:29
    79%

    29 For you are my light, O Lord; and the Lord will make the dark bright for me.

  • Job 31:26
    79%

    26 If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,

  • Job 29:2
    79%

    2 If only I might again be as I was in the months which are past, in the days when God was watching over me!

  • Ps 139:11-12
    2 verses
    79%

    11 If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night;

    12 Even the dark is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day: for dark and light are the same to you.

  • Job 23:17
    78%

    17 For I am overcome by the dark, and by the black night which is covering my face.

  • Job 18:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

    5 For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.

    6 The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.

  • Job 19:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8 My way is walled up by him so that I may not go by: he has made my roads dark.

    9 He has put off my glory from me, and taken the crown from my head.

  • Job 30:26
    75%

    26 For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.

  • Job 38:19
    75%

    19 Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;

  • Lam 3:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.

    7 He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.

  • Job 3:23
    74%

    23 To a man whose way is veiled, and who is shut in by God?

  • Mic 7:8
    72%

    8 Do not be glad because of my sorrow, O my hater: after my fall I will be lifted up; when I am seated in the dark, the Lord will be a light to me.

  • Job 10:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21 Before I go to the place from which I will not come back, to the land where all is dark and black,

    22 A land of thick dark, without order, where the very light is dark.

  • Job 17:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12 They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark.

    13 If I am waiting for the underworld as my house, if I have made my bed in the dark;

  • Ps 142:3
    72%

    3 When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.

  • Job 3:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4 That day--let it be dark; let not God take note of it from on high, and let not the light be shining on it;

    5 Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.

  • Job 28:3
    72%

    3 Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark.

  • Job 3:9
    72%

    9 Let its morning stars be dark; let it be looking for light, but may it not have any; let it not see the eyes of the dawn.

  • Job 3:16
    72%

    16 Or as a child dead at birth I might never have come into existence; like young children who have not seen the light.

  • Lam 3:9
    72%

    9 He has put up a wall of cut stones about my ways, he has made my roads twisted.

  • Job 17:7
    72%

    7 My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade.

  • Job 11:17
    72%

    17 And your life will be brighter than day; though it is dark, it will become like the morning.

  • Ps 143:3
    71%

    3 The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead.

  • Job 25:3
    71%

    3 Is it possible for his armies to be numbered? and on whom is not his light shining?

  • 2 Sam 22:13
    71%

    13 Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and coals of fire.

  • Eccl 12:2
    71%

    2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain;

  • Jer 13:16
    71%

    16 Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.

  • Dan 2:22
    71%

    22 He is the unveiler of deep and secret things: he has knowledge of what is in the dark, and the light has its living-place with him.

  • Prov 13:9
    71%

    9 There is a glad dawn for the upright man, but the light of the sinner will be put out.

  • Job 29:11
    71%

    11 For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;

  • Job 7:3
    71%

    3 So I have for my heritage months of pain to no purpose, and nights of weariness are given to me.

  • Job 37:19
    71%

    19 Make clear to me what we are to say to him; we are unable to put our cause before him, because of the dark.

  • Job 12:22
    71%

    22 Uncovering deep things out of the dark, and making the deep shade bright;

  • Ps 43:3
    71%

    3 O send out your light and your true word; let them be my guide: let them take me to your holy hill, and to your tents.

  • Eccl 2:13
    71%

    13 Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.