Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Job 29:3
When his (a) candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] (b) darkness;
(a) When I felt his favour.
(b) I was free from affliction.
When his (a) candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] (b) darkness;
(a) When I felt his favour.
(b) I was free from affliction.
Verse Job 29:3. _WHEN HIS CANDLE SHINED UPON MY HEAD_] Alluding most probably to the custom of illuminating festival or assembly rooms by lamps pendant from the ceiling. These shone literally _on the_...
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 ten...
CHAPTER 29 _ 1. His past prosperity and honors (Job 29:1)_ 2. The good works he did (Job 29:11) Job 29:1. The words spoken by Job were wholesome words, showing that his mind was moving in another ch...
JOB 29. JOB'S FORMER HAPPY DAYS. Job 29:1. Job longs that he might once again live as of old under God's favour. In Job 29:4 secret means intimacy (_cf._ Psalms 25:14)....
CANDLE. lamp....
This verse expands "preserved" or "watched over" in Job 29:2. _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...
WHEN HIS CANDLE SHINED UPON MY HEAD— See the Reflections....
D. THE SOLILOQUY OF A SUFFERER (Job 29:1, Job 31:40) 1. Reminiscencehis former happy life (Job 29:1-25) a. The outward aspect (Job 29:1-10) TEXT 29:1-
_WHEN HIS CANDLE SHINED UPON MY HEAD, AND WHEN BY HIS LIGHT I WALKED THROUGH DARKNESS;_ Candle - when His favour shone on me (note, 18:6; Psalms 18:28). DARKNESS - by His safeguard I passed secure th...
CANDLE] RV 'lamp'; a figure of God's favour....
JOB'S PAST GREATNESS AND HAPPINESS Job mournfully recalls the days of God's favour, and the prosperity and honour he once enjoyed. In this chapter we have the picture of a great and worthy chieftain...
Job had a very successful life before his troubles began: • God was protecting Job (Job 1:10). And God was providing for Job. • Job became rich (Job 1:3) because God gave many possessions to Job (Jo...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 29 JOB DESCRIBES HIS LIFE B...
WHEN HIS CANDLE SHINED. — See Isaiah 1:10....
בְּ הִלֹּ֣ו נֵ֭רֹו עֲלֵ֣י רֹאשִׁ֑י לְ֝ אֹורֹו
XXIV. AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING Job 29:1; Job 30:1; Job 31:1 Job SPEAKS FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the y...
THE BITTER MEMORY OF THE HAPPY PAST Job 29:1 How many thousands, looking back on the beautiful dawn of life which has become overcast, have uttered the thought of the opening words of this chapter! T...
Job now moved a step forward in his reply. He was still without a solution. That of his friends he utterly repudiated. In order to prepare the way for the utterance of a solemn oath of innocence, he f...
(1) В¶ Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, (2) Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; (3) When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
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 h...
When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness; Ver. 3. _When his candle shined upon my head_] When I was apparently blessed by him, and all went hail well w...
_O that I were as in months past_ O that God would re- establish me in that happy condition wherein I was some time ago; _in the days when God preserved me_ From all those miseries which now I feel, a...
when His candle shined upon my head, when the lamp of God's favor illuminated Job's pathway, AND WHEN BY HIS LIGHT I WALKED THROUGH DARKNESS, secure in the midst of the greatest dangers,...
JOB DESCRIBES HIS FORMER PROSPERITY...
JOB'S PAST GREATNESS In this chapter Job dwells upon the honour and dignity that had been his in the past. While he was sincere in what he said, and no doubt spoke truthfully, yet there is far too muc...
CANDLE: Or, lamp...
1-6 Job proceeds to contrast his former prosperity with his present misery, through God's withdrawing from him. A gracious soul delights in God's smiles, not in the smiles of this world. Four things...
HIS CANDLE, i.e. his favour and blessing, oft signified by the name _light_; as his displeasure and a state of affliction is frequently called darkness. _Upon my head_, or, _over my head_, to comfort...
Job 29:3 lamp H5216 shone H1984 (H8800) head H7218 light H216 walked H3212 (H8799) darkness H2822 candle - or
CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He rehearses the story of his life. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: A gracious soul delights in God's smiles, not the smiles of the world, although virtu...
Job 29:3. When _his candle shined upon my head;_ that is, when the light of his countenance shone upon me, in every form of patriarchal prosperity. This figure seems to be borrowed from the lights in...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:1 Chapters Job 29:1 conclude the dialogues with Job’s reflections on his current and future state....
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:2 Job recalls a time when he felt as if he were in his PRIME, as the FRIENDSHIP OF GOD was evident on his household (v. Job 29:5
_JOB’S RETROSPECT_ Takes a calm retrospective view of his past experience and life. Thus disproves the suspicions and accusations of his friends, and shows that his complaints were sufficiently well-g...
EXPOSITION JOB 29:1 From these deep musings upon the nature of true wisdom, and the contrast between the ingenuity and cleverness of man and the infinite knowledge of God, Job turns to another contra...
Moreover Job continued (Job 29:1) He's got a lot to say. Bildad has run out, so Job thought, "I'll just keep going on." And now it's sort of a lament of the days before all of his afflictions. Lookin...
Ephesians 5:14; Ephesians 5:8; Isaiah 2:4; Job 18:6; Job 21:17;...
Darkness — I passed safely through many difficulties, and dangers, and common calamities....