Job 29:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּהִלּ֣וֹ נֵ֭רוֹ עֲלֵ֣י רֹאשִׁ֑י לְ֝אוֹרוֹ אֵ֣לֶךְ חֹֽשֶׁךְ

Transliteration

bə-hillô nērô ʿălê rōʾšî lə-ʾôrô ʾēlek ḥōšek

Grammar Details

*bə-hillô*: preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct + 3rd masc singular suffix - when he caused to shine
*nērô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masc singular suffix - his lamp
*ʿălê*: preposition + - upon/over
*rōʾšî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my head
*lə-ʾôrô*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masc singular suffix - by his light
*ʾēlek*: Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I walked
*ḥōšek*: noun, masculine singular - darkness

Word Meanings

*bə-hillô*: when his lamp shone/when he made his lamp shine
*nēr*: lamp/light
*ʾēlek*: I walked/went/proceeded
*ḥōšek*: darkness/obscurity

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 18:28 : 28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
Job 18:6 : 6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
John 8:12 : 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 : 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
Eph 5:8 : 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Job 11:17 : 17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
Isa 2:4 : 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, neither shall they learn war any more.
Job 22:28 : 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
Ps 84:11 : 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give{H8799)} grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold{H8799)} from them that walk{H8802)} uprightly.
Prov 13:9 : 9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Prov 24:20 : 20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
Ps 4:6 : 6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Job 21:17 : 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.
Ps 23:4 : 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 : 1 A Psalm of David. 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?

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