Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
For you are my lamp, LORD. The LORD will light up my darkness.
New American Standard Bible
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
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For you, O Yahweh [are] my lamp, and Yahweh lightens 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.
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.
Themes
Lamps » Illustrative » Of God's guidance
Light » The lord lighting darkness
Topics
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 22:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Victory Song Of David
28 You will save the afflicted people, But your eyes are on the proud, that you may bring them down. 29 For you are my lamp, LORD. The LORD will light up my darkness. 30 For by you, I run against a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 27:1
The LORD is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
Job 29:3
when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
2 Samuel 21:17
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, "You shall go no more out with us to battle, that you do not quench the lamp of Israel."
Psalm 4:6
Many say, "Who will show us any good?" LORD, let the light of your face shine on us.
Psalm 18:28
For you will light my lamp, LORD. My God will light up my darkness.
Psalm 84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and a shield. The LORD will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
Psalm 97:11
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Psalm 112:4
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.
Isaiah 50:10
Who is among you who fears the LORD, who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of the LORD, and rely on his God.
Isaiah 60:19-20
The sun shall be no more your light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light to you: but the LORD will be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory.
Micah 7:9
I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light. I will see his righteousness.
Malachi 4:2
But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
John 8:12
Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."
John 12:46
I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
Revelation 21:23
The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.