when ¹  he caused ²  his lamp ³  to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked ⁴  through darkness; ⁵ 

biblegateway Job 29:3

When His lamp shone over my head, And by His light I walked through darkness;

when His lamp shone above my head, and I walked through darkness by His light!

when he made his lamp shine on my head, when I walked through the dark in his light.

biblegateway Job 29:3

when his lamp shone upon my head and by his light I walked through darkness!

when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

bibleoremus Job 29:3

when his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;

when his lamp shone above my head, and by its light I walked through the darkness!

biblegateway Job 29:3

When His lamp shone upon my head, And when by His light I walked through darkness;

When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness;

biblegateway Job 29:3

when ¹  he caused ²  his lamp ³  to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked ⁴  through darkness; ⁵ 

¹ tn This clause is in apposition to the preceding (see GKC 426 §131.o). It offers a clarification.

² tn The form בְּהִלּוֹ (bÿhillo) is unusual; it should be parsed as a Hiphil infinitive construct with the elision of the ה (he). The proper spelling would have been with a ַ (patakh) under the preposition, reflecting הַהִלּוֹ (hahillo). If it were Qal, it would just mean “when his light shone.”

³ sn Lamp and light are symbols of God’s blessings of life and all the prosperous and good things it includes.

⁴ tn Here too the imperfect verb is customary – it describes action that was continuous, but in a past time.

⁵ tn The accusative (“darkness”) is here an adverbial accusative of place, namely, “in the darkness,” or because he was successfully led by God’s light, “through the darkness” (see GKC 374 §118.h).