English Standard Version
Psalms 139:12
12even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)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.
Context of Psalms 139:12
10even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. 11If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night," even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you. 13For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. 14I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
Read all of Psalms 139Psalms 139:12 word by word
גַּם־חֹשֶׁךְ֮ לֹֽא־יַחְשִׁ֪יךְ מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָ וְ֭לַיְלָה כַּיּ֣וֹם יָאִ֑יר כַּ֝חֲשֵׁיכָ֗ה כָּאוֹרָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Yea, the darknessחֹ֫שֶׁךְchôshek · darknessH2822
- hidethחָשַׁךְchâshak · to darkenH2821
- not from thee; but the nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
- shinethאוֹר'ôr · to lightH215
- as the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- the darknessחֲשֵׁכָהchăshêkâh chăshêykâh · darknessH2825
- and the lightאוֹרָה'ôrâh · lightH219
Cross-references for Psalms 139:12
- Exodus 14:20coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness. And it lit up the night without one coming near the other all night.
- Exodus 20:21The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
- Job 26:6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
- Job 34:22There is no gloom or deep darkness where evildoers may hide themselves.
- Daniel 2:22he reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.
- Hebrews 4:13And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
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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