Job 29:3

“When his candle shined upon my head, etc.] Which may be understood either of outward prosperity, sometimes signified by a candle, (<181805>Job 18:5,6 21:17); and may be called the candle of the Lord, because it is from him, it is of his lighting and setting up; and its shining on his head may denote the large measure and degree of it possessed by him, in allusion to torches carried on high to light with; or lamps, or candles, set up in the higher part of the house to give the more light; or to the sun in the firmament, and especially when in its meridian, and shines clearest right over our heads, and casts no shadow: or else it may be understood of light in a figurative sense, not of the…”

“candle--when His favor shone on me (see on Job 18:6 and Psa 18:28). darkness--By His safeguard I passed secure through dangers. Perhaps alluding to the lights carried before caravans in nightly travels through deserts [NOYES].”

“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. 726. “From gilded roofs depending lamps display Nocturnal beams that imitate the day.” Dryden See, also Lucretius, ii. 24. Indeed the custom is common everywhere and the image is a beautiful…”

“Darkness - I passed safely through many difficulties, and dangers, and common calamities. Job 29:7”

“candle: or, lamp, Job 18:6, Job 21:17; Psa 18:28; Pro 13:9, Pro 20:20, Pro 24:20 by his light: Job 22:28; Psa 4:6, Psa 23:4, Psa 27:1, Psa 84:11; Isa 2:4; Joh 8:12, Joh 12:46; Eph 5:8, Eph 5:14 Job 29:4”