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Job 29

Job 29:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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When his γcandle
niyr (Hebrew #5216)
also neyr {nare}; or ner {nare}; or (feminine) nerah {nay-raw'}; from a primitive root (see 5214; 5135) properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: candle, lamp, light.
Pronounce: neer
Origin: or nir {neer}
shined
halal (Hebrew #1984)
to 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; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
KJV usage: (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(- ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.
Pronounce: haw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
upon my head
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
, and when by his light
'owr (Hebrew #216)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
KJV usage: bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 215
It walked
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
through darkness
choshek (Hebrew #2822)
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
KJV usage: dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
Pronounce: kho-shek'
Origin: from 2821
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or, lamp.
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Psa. 23:4• 4Yea, 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. (Psa. 23:4)

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Cross References

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or, lamp.
Job 18:6• 6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. (Job 18:6)
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Job 21:17• 17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. (Job 21:17)
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Psa. 18:28• 28For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. (Psa. 18:28)
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Prov. 13:9• 9The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. (Prov. 13:9)
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Prov. 20:20• 20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. (Prov. 20:20)
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Prov. 24:20• 20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. (Prov. 24:20)
by his light.
Job 22:28• 28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. (Job 22:28)
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Psa. 4:6• 6There be many that say, Who will show us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. (Psa. 4:6)
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Psa. 23:4• 4Yea, 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. (Psa. 23:4)
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Psa. 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? (Psa. 27:1)
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Psa. 84:11• 11For 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. (Psa. 84:11)
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Isa. 2:4• 4And 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. (Isa. 2:4)
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John 8:12• 12Then 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 8:12)
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John 12:46• 46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. (John 12:46)
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Eph. 5:8,14• 8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
 14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. (Eph. 5:8,14)

J. N. Darby Translation

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When his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;