Job 29:3
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
נִיר
nîyr
a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)
הָלַל
hâlal
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causative...
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
אוֹר
ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Key Terms in This Verse
הָלַל hâlal
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
Study H1984 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →אוֹר ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Study H216 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →Cross References
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
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.
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
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.
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
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?
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
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.
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,...
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
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