Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
take heed, then, lest the light that is in thee be darkness;
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
Therefore, be careful that the light in you isn't darkness.
A Conservative Version
Watch therefore the light in thee not be darkness.
American Standard Version
Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
Look therefore [to see] whether or not the light that is in you [i.e., your perspective on things] might [actually] be darkness [i.e., a distorted perspective].
Anderson New Testament
Take heed, therefore, lest the light that is in you be darkness.
Bible in Basic English
So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.
Common New Testament
Therefore be careful that the light in you is not darkness.
Daniel Mace New Testament
take care therefore, that the light which is in thee do not become darkness.
Darby Translation
See therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Godbey New Testament
See then that the light which is in thee is not darkness.
Goodspeed New Testament
So take care! Your very light may be darkness!
John Wesley New Testament
Take heed therefore, left the light that is in thee be darkness.
Julia Smith Translation
Take heed therefore lest the light in thee be darkness.
King James 2000
Take heed therefore that the light which is in you be not darkness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore pay careful attention [that] the light in you is not darkness!
Modern King James verseion
Therefore take heed that the light in you is not darkness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee, be not darkness.
Moffatt New Testament
(Look! perhaps your very light is dark.)
Montgomery New Testament
"Look carefully! Perhaps that very light of yours is darkness.
NET Bible
Therefore see to it that the light in you is not darkness.
New Heart English Bible
Therefore see whether the light that is in you is not darkness.
Noyes New Testament
Take heed therefore, that the light which is within thee be not darkness.
Sawyer New Testament
See, therefore, that the light which is in you be not darkness.
The Emphasized Bible
Be looking to it, therefore, lest, the light that is in thee, be, darkness.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Let it be thy aim then, that the light which is in thee do not become darkness.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Take care, therefore, that the inner Light is not darkness.
Webster
Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Weymouth New Testament
Consider therefore whether the light that is in you is anything but mere darkness.
Williams New Testament
So be on your guard that the very source of light in you is not darkness.
World English Bible
Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.
Worrell New Testament
Take heed, therefore, lest the light in you be darkness.
Worsley New Testament
Take heed therefore least the light which is in thee be darkness.
Themes
Darkness » When your body is full of darkness
Parables » Parables of Christ » Lighted candle
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 11:35
Verse Info
Context Readings
Light And Darkness
34 'The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened; 35 take heed, then, lest the light that is in thee be darkness; 36 if then thy whole body is lightened, not having any part darkened, the whole shall be lightened, as when the lamp by the brightness may give thee light.'
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 16:25
There is a way right before a man, And its latter end -- ways of death.
Proverbs 26:12
Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!
Isaiah 5:20-21
Woe to those saying to evil 'good,' And to good 'evil,' Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.
Jeremiah 8:8-9
How do ye say, We are wise, And the law of Jehovah is with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes.
John 7:48-49
did any one out of the rulers believe in him? or out of the Pharisees?
John 9:39-41
And Jesus said, 'For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.'
Romans 1:22
professing to be wise, they were made fools,
Romans 2:19-23
and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of blind ones, a light of those in darkness,
1 Corinthians 1:19-21
for it hath been written, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nought;'
1 Corinthians 3:18-20
Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age -- let him become a fool, that he may become wise,
James 3:13-17
Who is wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom,
2 Peter 1:9
for he with whom these things are not present is blind, dim-sighted, having become forgetful of the cleansing of his old sins;
2 Peter 2:18
for overswellings of vanity speaking, they do entice in desires of the flesh -- lasciviousnesses, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error,
Revelation 3:17
because thou sayest -- I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,