Parallel Verses
World English Bible
If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night;"
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.
King James 2000
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light 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.
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 your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me. 11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night;" 12 even the darkness doesn't hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light 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
"Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
Psalm 10:11-13
He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it."
Psalm 94:7
They say, "Yah will not see, neither will Jacob's God consider."
Isaiah 29:15
Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us?" and "Who knows us?"
Jeremiah 23:24
Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? says Yahweh. Don't I fill heaven and earth? says Yahweh.