Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

For you, O Yahweh [are] my lamp, and Yahweh lightens my darkness.

New American Standard Bible

For You are my lamp, O Lord;
And the Lord illumines my darkness.

King James Version

For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

Holman Bible

Lord, You are my lamp;
the Lord illuminates my darkness.

International Standard Version

For you are my lamp, LORD, the LORD who illuminates my darkness.

A Conservative Version

For thou are my lamp, O LORD. And LORD will lighten my darkness.

American Standard Version

For thou art my lamp, O Jehovah; And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.

Amplified


“For You, O Lord, are my lamp;
The Lord illumines and dispels my darkness.

Bible in Basic English

For you are my light, O Lord; and the Lord will make the dark bright for me.

Darby Translation

For thou art my lamp, Jehovah; And Jehovah enlighteneth my darkness.

Julia Smith Translation

For thou my light, O Jehovah: And Jehovah will enlighten my darkness.

King James 2000

For you are my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will enlighten my darkness.

Modern King James verseion

For You are my lamp, O Jehovah. And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thou art my light, O LORD, and the LORD shall light my darkness.

NET Bible

Indeed, you are my lamp, Lord. The Lord illumines the darkness around me.

New Heart English Bible

For you are my lamp, LORD. The LORD will light up my darkness.

The Emphasized Bible

For, thou, wast my lamp, O Yahweh, - and, Yahweh, enlightened my darkness;

Webster

For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

World English Bible

For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh will light up my darkness.

Youngs Literal Translation

For Thou art my lamp, O Jehovah, And Jehovah doth lighten my darkness.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For thou art my lamp
נרה נר ניר נר ניר 
Niyr 
Usage: 48

O Lord

Usage: 0

and the Lord

Usage: 0

will lighten
נגהּ 
Nagahh 
Usage: 6

References

Context Readings

The Victory Song Of David

28 Humble people you will deliver, but your eyes [are] on the haughty, [whom] you bring down. 29 For you, O Yahweh [are] my lamp, and Yahweh lightens my darkness. 30 For by you I can run a raid; by my God I can leap over a wall.

Cross References

Psalm 27:1

Yahweh [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Yahweh [is] the refuge of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Job 29:3

when his shining lamp [was] over my head-- by his light I walked through darkness--

2 Samuel 21:17

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and he attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, "You shall not go out with us any longer to the battle, so that you do not quench the lamp of Israel."

Psalm 4:6

Many are saying, "Who will show us [something] good?" Lift up over us the light of your face, O Yahweh.

Psalm 18:28

For you light my lamp; Yahweh, my God, lights up my darkness.

Psalm 84:11

Because Yahweh God [is] a sun and a shield; Yahweh gives grace and honor. He does not withhold good from those who walk blamelessly.

Psalm 97:11

Light [is] sown for the righteous, and joy for [the] upright in heart.

Psalm 112:4

[His] light rises in the darkness for the upright; [he is] gracious and compassionate and righteous.

Isaiah 50:10

Who among you [is] in fear of Yahweh, obeys the voice of his servant? Who walks [in] darkness and has no light, trusts in the name of Yahweh and depends on his God?

Isaiah 60:19-20

The sun shall no longer be your light by day, and for bright light the moon shall not give you light, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God your glory.

Micah 7:9

I will bear the rage of Yahweh, for I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes my justice. He will bring me out to the light; I will see his righteousness.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise, with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like {fattened calves}.

John 8:12

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

John 12:46

I have come [as] a light into the world, in order that everyone who believes in me will not remain in the darkness.

Revelation 21:23

And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon, that they shine on it, for the glory of God illuminates it, and its lamp [is] the Lamb.

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