Job 29:3
Context| NETBible | when 1 he caused 2 his lamp 3 to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked 4 through darkness; 5 |
| XREF | Job 18:6; Job 21:17; Job 22:28; Ps 4:6; Ps 18:28; Ps 23:4; Ps 27:1; Ps 84:11; Pr 13:9; Pr 20:20; Pr 24:20; Isa 2:4; Joh 8:12; Joh 12:46; Eph 5:8,14 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn This clause is in apposition to the preceding (see GKC 426 §131.o). It offers a clarification. 2 tn The form בְּהִלּוֹ (bÿhillo) is unusual; it should be parsed as a Hiphil infinitive construct with the elision of the ה (he). The proper spelling would have been with a ַ (patakh) under the preposition, reflecting הַהִלּוֹ (hahillo). If it were Qal, it would just mean “when his light shone.” 3 sn Lamp and light are symbols of God’s blessings of life and all the prosperous and good things it includes. 4 tn Here too the imperfect verb is customary – it describes action that was continuous, but in a past time. 5 tn The accusative (“darkness”) is here an adverbial accusative of place, namely, “in the darkness,” or because he was successfully led by God’s light, “through the darkness” (see GKC 374 §118.h). |
