American Standard Version
Psalms 139:12
12Even the darkness hideth not from thee,But the night shineth as the day:The darkness and the light are both aliketo thee.
Psalms 139:12 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)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.
Context of Psalms 139:12
10Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me. 11If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night; Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both aliketo thee. 13For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb. 14I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.
Read all of Psalms 139Psalms 139:12 word by word
גַּם־חֹשֶׁךְ֮ לֹֽא־יַחְשִׁ֪יךְ מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָ וְ֭לַיְלָה כַּיּ֣וֹם יָאִ֑יר כַּ֝חֲשֵׁיכָ֗ה כָּאוֹרָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 139:12
- Exodus 14:20and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one came not near the other all the night.
- Exodus 20:21And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
- Job 26:6Sheol is naked beforeGod, And Abaddon hath no covering.
- Job 34:22There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
- Daniel 2:22he revealeth the deep and secret things; he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
- Hebrews 4:13And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Commentaries on Psalms 139:12
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee - Margin, as in Hebrew, “darkeneth not.” Darkness does not make darkness to thee. It makes things dark to us; not to him. So it is in natural darkness; so in moral darkness ness. It seems dark to us; it is not so to him. Things appear dark to us - disappointment, bereavement, trouble, care, losses; but all is light to God. The existence of sin and suffering on the earth seems dark to us; not to him, for he sees the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-16Verses 7-16 We cannot see God, but he can see us. The psalmist did not desire to go from the Lord. Whither can I go? In the most distant corners of the world, in heaven, or in hell, I cannot go out of thy reach. No veil can hide us from God; not the thickest darkness. No disguise can save any person or action from being seen in the true light by him. Secret haunts of sin are as open before God as the most open villanies. On the other hand, the believer…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-12The psalmist shows wonder at God being everywhere at all times.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 12Even there I have no asylum, for no darkness will obscure [anything] from You.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 139
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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