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Psalms 139:11

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

KJV

Cadent super eos carbones ; in ignem dejicies eos : in miseriis non subsistent.

Vulgate

πεσοῦνται ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἄνθρακες πυρὸς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ καταβαλεῖς αὐτούς. ἐν ταλαιπωρίαις οὐ μὴ ὑποστῶσιν·

LXX

If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;

ASV

וָ֭/אֹמַר אַךְ חֹ֣שֶׁךְ יְשׁוּפֵ֑/נִי וְ֝/לַ֗יְלָה א֣וֹר בַּעֲדֵֽ/נִי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֣וֹר
'vr
noun · 120×
אַךְ
'k
adverb · 158×
בְּעַ֥ד
b'd
adverb · 103×
חֹ֔שֶׁךְ
chshk
noun · 80×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לָ֑יְלָה
lylh
noun · 234×
נִי
ny
pronoun · 4×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 3:20 — And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
  • Dan 2:22 — He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
  • Heb 4:13 — Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
  • Jer 23:24 — Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
  • Jer 23:24 — Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
  • Job 12:22 — He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
  • Job 22:12 — Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
  • Job 22:14 — Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
  • Job 26:6 — Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
  • Job 34:22 — There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
  • Num 32:23 — But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
  • Ps 10:11 — He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
  • Ps 94:7 — Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.