Parallel Verses
King James 2000
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
New American Standard Bible
And the light around me will be night,”
King James Version
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
Holman Bible
and the light around me will be night”
International Standard Version
If I say, "Darkness will surely conceal me, and the light around me will become night,"
A Conservative Version
If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, and the light around me shall be night,
American Standard Version
If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;
Amplified
If I say, “Surely the darkness will cover me,
And the night will be the only light around me,”
Bible in Basic English
If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night;
Darby Translation
And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;
Julia Smith Translation
And saying, surely the darkness shall fall upon me; and the night shone about me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And if I should say, "Surely darkness will cover me, and [the] light around me [will be as] night,"
Modern King James verseion
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me, even the night shall be light around me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If I say, "Peradventure the darkness shall cover me, then shall my night be turned to day." -
NET Bible
If I were to say, "Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,"
New Heart English Bible
If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night;"
The Emphasized Bible
If I say, Surely, darkness, shall cover me! then, night, is light about me.
Webster
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
World English Bible
If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night;"
Youngs Literal Translation
And I say, 'Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night is light to me.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 139:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God
10 Even there shall your hand lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. 12 Yea, the darkness hides not from you; but the night shines as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to you.
Cross References
Job 12:22
He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
Job 22:12-14
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
Psalm 10:11-13
He has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he hides his face; he will never see it.
Psalm 94:7
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
Isaiah 29:15
Woe unto them that go the depths to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who sees us? and who knows us?
Jeremiah 23:24
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? says the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? says the LORD.