Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Watch therefore the light in thee not 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.
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
take heed, then, lest the light that 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 thy body is the eye. Therefore, when thine eye is sound, thy whole body is also bright, but when it is bad, thy body is also dark. 35 Watch therefore the light in thee not be darkness. 36 If therefore thy whole body is bright, not having any part dark, the whole will be bright, as when the lamp illuminates thee by the radiance.
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 16:25
There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Proverbs 26:12
See thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope for a fool than of him.
Isaiah 5:20-21
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil, who put darkness for light, and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Jeremiah 8:8-9
How can ye say, We are wise, and the law of LORD is with us? But, behold, the FALSE pen of the scribes has wrought falsely.
John 7:48-49
Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?
John 9:39-41
And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, so that those not seeing might see, and those who see might become blind.
Romans 1:22
Professing to be wise, they became foolish,
Romans 2:19-23
And thou have confidence in thyself to be a guide of the blind, a light of those in darkness,
1 Corinthians 1:19-21
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will frustrate the understanding of those of understanding.
1 Corinthians 3:18-20
Let not one man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he may become wise.
James 3:13-17
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show from his good behavior his works in mildness of wisdom.
2 Peter 1:9
For he in whom these things are not present is blind, being near-sighted, having deliberately forgotten the purification of his former sins.
2 Peter 2:18
For, uttering swollen things of vanity, they entice (to sensuality by lusts of flesh) those who actually escaped from those who live in error,
Revelation 3:17
Because thou say, I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing, and do not know that thou are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.