Psalm 139:12
Modern Translations
New International Version
even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

New Living Translation
but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you.

English Standard Version
even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.

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

New American Standard Bible
Even darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You.

NASB 1995
Even the darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You.

NASB 1977
Even the darkness is not dark to Thee, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to Thee.

Amplified Bible
Even the darkness is not dark to You and conceals nothing from You, But the night shines as bright as the day; Darkness and light are alike to You.

Christian Standard Bible
even the darkness is not dark to you. The night shines like the day; darkness and light are alike to you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
even the darkness is not dark to You. The night shines like the day; darkness and light are alike to You.

Contemporary English Version
But you see in the dark because daylight and dark are all the same to you.

Good News Translation
but even darkness is not dark for you, and the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are the same to you.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
even the darkness is not too dark for you. Night is as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same [to you].

International Standard Version
even darkness isn't dark to you, darkness and light are the same to you.

NET Bible
even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

New King James Version
Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You.

King James 2000 Bible
Yea, the darkness hides not from you; but the night shines as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to you.

New Heart English Bible
even the darkness doesn't hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.

World English Bible
even the darkness doesn't hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.

American King James Version
Yes, the darkness hides not from you; but the night shines as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to you.

American Standard Version
Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike to thee .

A Faithful Version
Even the darkness does not hide from You, but the night shines as the day; as is the darkness, so is the light to You,

Darby Bible Translation
Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.

English Revised Version
Even the darkness hideth not from thee, but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

Webster's Bible Translation
Yes, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Truely the darknesse shall not darken any thing from thee, and the night shalbe as lyghtsome as the day: darknesse and lyght to thee are both a lyke.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Yee the darcknesse is no darcknesse with the, but the night is as cleare as the daye, the darcknesse & light are both alike.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Also darkness does not hide from You, "" And night shines as day, "" As [is] darkness so [is] light.

Young's Literal Translation
Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as is darkness so is light.

Smith's Literal Translation
Also darkness shall not darken from thee; and the night shall shine as the day: as the darkness, so the light.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.

Catholic Public Domain Version
But darkness will not be impenetrable to you, and night will illuminate like the day: for just as its darkness is, so also is its light.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the darkness will not darken from you, the night will shine like the day and the darkness as the light.

Lamsa Bible
The darkness shall not be dark to thee; but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Even the darkness is not too dark for Thee, But the night shineth as the day; The darkness is even as the light.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For darkness will not be darkness with thee; but night will be light as day: as its darkness, so shall its light be to thee.
















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