Psalms 139:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—”
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“If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.”
King James Version · Public Domain“If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And I say, `Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night <FI>is<Fi> light to me.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 139:11 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 3:20So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.
- Job 12:22He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
- Job 22:12Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
- Job 34:22There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
- Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
- Psalms 94:7They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
- Isaiah 29:15Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
- Jeremiah 23:24“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
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