Key Verse Spotlight
Job 29:3 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“When his candle shined upon my head, {and when} by his light I walked {through} darkness; {candle: or, lamp}”
Job 29:3
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, {continued: Heb. added to take up}
Oh that I were as {in} months past, as {in} the days {when} God preserved me;
When his candle shined upon my head, {and when} by his light I walked {through} darkness; {candle: or, lamp}
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God {was} upon my tabernacle;
When the Almighty {was} yet with me, {when} my children {were} about me;
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