Job 29:3
when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
BSB
ASV
When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;
KJV
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
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 tent. When Job speaks of the lamps shining “on his head,” the allusion is probably to the custom of suspending a lamp from the ceiling - a custom which prevails among the wealthy Arabs. “Scott.” Virgil speaks of a similar thing in the palace of Dido: - Dependent lychni laquearibus aureis Incensi. Aeneid i.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
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John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
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I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the…
You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
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Ephesians 5:8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
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Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
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John 12:46I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
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For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.