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Psalms 139:12

God's presenceGod's power and sovereignty

10 even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.

11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—

even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.

13 For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

14 I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.

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BSB
even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
KJV
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
WEB
even the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.
ASV
Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike [to thee].
DARBY
Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.
BLB
even the darkness is not dark to You, and the night shines like the day—as the darkness, so [is] the light.
ÅB
så gjør heller ikke mørket det for mørkt for deg, og natten lyser som dagen, mørket er som lyset.
OTB
Selv mørket er ikke mørkt for Deg,
Og natten lyser som dagen.
Mørket og lyset er like for Deg.
B1930
så gjør heller ikke mørket det for mørkt for dig, og natten lyser som dagen, mørket er som lyset.

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Cross references

  • Daniel 2:22

    He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.

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  • Job 34:22

    There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.

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  • Exodus 20:21

    And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

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  • Hebrews 4:13

    Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

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  • Job 26:6

    Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

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  • Exodus 14:20

    so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.

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