Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Even the dark is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day: for dark and light are the same to you.
New American Standard Bible
And the night is as bright as the day.
King James Version
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Holman Bible
The night shines like the day;
darkness and light are alike to You.
International Standard Version
even darkness isn't dark to you, darkness and light are the same to you.
A Conservative Version
even the darkness hides not from thee, but the night shines as the day. The darkness and the light are both alike [to thee].
American Standard Version
Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike to thee .
Amplified
Even the darkness is not dark to You and conceals nothing from You,
But the night shines as bright as the day;
Darkness and light are alike to You.
Darby Translation
Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.
Julia Smith Translation
Also darkness shall not darken from thee; and the night shall shine as the day: as the darkness, so the light
King James 2000
Yea, the darkness hides not from you; but the night shines as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
even [the] darkness is not too dark for you, and [the] night shines as the day-- the darkness [and] the light are alike [for you].
Modern King James verseion
Yea, the darkness does not hide from You; but the night shines as the day; as is the darkness, so is the light to You.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, the darkness is no darkness with thee, but the night is as clear as the day; the darkness and light are both alike.
NET Bible
even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you.
New Heart English Bible
even the darkness doesn't hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.
The Emphasized Bible
Even darkness, will not conceal from thee, - but, night, like day, will shine, So is the darkness, as the light!
Webster
Yes, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
World English Bible
even the darkness doesn't hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.
Youngs Literal Translation
Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as is darkness so is light.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 139:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God
11 If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night; 12 Even the dark is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day: for dark and light are the same to you. 13 My flesh was made by you, and my parts joined together in my mother's body.
Names
Cross References
Job 34:22
There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.
Daniel 2:22
He is the unveiler of deep and secret things: he has knowledge of what is in the dark, and the light has its living-place with him.
Exodus 14:20
And it came between the army of Egypt and the army of Israel; and there was a dark cloud between them, and they went on through the night; but the one army came no nearer to the other all the night.
Exodus 20:21
And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.
Job 26:6
The underworld is uncovered before him, and Destruction has no veil.
Hebrews 4:13
And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.