When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
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Gill's Exposition
When his candle shined upon my head,.... Which may be understood either of outward prosperity, sometimes signified by a candle, Job 18:5; and may be called the candle of the Lord, because it is from…
Barnes' Notes
When his candle shined upon my head - Margin, or, “lamp;” compare notes Job 18:6. It was remarked in the note on that place, that it was common to have lamps or lights always burning in a house or…
Losers may have leave to speak, and there is nothing they speak of more feelingly than of the comforts they are stripped of. Their former prosperity is one of the most pleasing subjects of their…
Cambridge Bible
This verse expands "preserved" or "watched over" in Job 29:29.
his candle shined upon Or, his lamp shined over. God's lamp shone above him, and lighted his path, so that the darkness before him was…
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