Job 29:3 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk [through] darkness.
English ASV
When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;
English Amplified
When His lamp shone above and upon my head and by His light I walked through darkness;
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
When His lamp shone above and upon my head and by His light I walked through darkness;
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
when his lamp shone above my head, and I walked through darkness by his light!
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
When his lamp shone over my head, [and] by his light I walked through darkness;
English EASY 2024
He was my guide, as if he had a lamp to show me the way. His light kept me safe as I walked in dark places.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
God's light shined above me, so I could walk through the darkness.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
English GNT (Good News Translation)
God was always with me then and gave me light as I walked through the darkness.
English God's Word - GW 1995
when he made his lamp shine on my head, when I walked through the dark in his light.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
when His lamp shone above my head, and I walked through darkness by His light!
English KJV 1611
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
English LSB
When His lamp shone over my head, And by His light I walked through darkness,
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
when His lamp shone upon my head, and when by His light I walked through darkness;
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
When His lamp shone over my head, And by His light I walked through darkness;
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
While he kept his lamp shining above my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
when he caused his lamp to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
The light of his lamp shone on me. I walked through darkness by his light.
English NIV
when his lamp shone upon my head and by his light I walked through darkness!
English NKJ 1982
When His lamp shone upon my head, And when by His light I walked through darkness;
English NLT
when he lighted the way before me and I walked safely through the darkness.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
when his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
when he lighted the way before me and I walked safely through the darkness;
English Tyndale 1537
When his light shined upon my head: when I went after the same light and shining even thorow the darkness.