Job 29:3

NET ©

when 1  he caused 2  his lamp 3  to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked 4  through darkness; 5 

NIV ©

when his lamp shone upon my head and by his light I walked through darkness!

NASB ©

When His lamp shone over my head, And by His light I walked through darkness;

NLT ©

when he lighted the way before me and I walked safely through the darkness.

MSG ©

He always held a lamp before me and I walked through the dark by its light.

BBE ©

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

NRSV ©

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

NKJV ©

When His lamp shone upon my head, And when by His light I walked through darkness;

KJV
When his candle
<05216>
shined
<01984> (8800)
upon my head
<07218>_,
[and when] by his light
<0216>
I walked
<03212> (8799)
[through] darkness
<02822>_;
{candle: or, lamp}
HEBREW
Ksx
<02822>
Kla
<01980>
wrwal
<0216>
ysar
<07218>
yle
<05921>
wrn
<05216>
wlhb (29:3)
<01984>
LXXM
wv
<3739>  
CONJ
ote
<3753>  
ADV
hugei
 
V-IAI-3S
o
<3588>  
T-NSM
lucnov
<3088>  
N-NSM
autou
<846>  
D-GSM
uper
<5228>  
PREP
kefalhv
<2776>  
N-GSF
mou
<1473>  
P-GS
ote
<3753>  
ADV
tw
<3588>  
T-DSN
fwti
<5457>  
N-DSN
autou
<846>  
D-GSM
eporeuomhn
<4198>  
V-IMI-1S
en
<1722>  
PREP
skotei
<4655>  
N-DSN
NET © [draft] ITL
when he caused
<01984>
his lamp
<05216>
to shine upon
<05921>
my head
<07218>
, and by his light
<0216>
I walked
<01980>
through darkness
<02822>
;
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).