'Darkness' in the Bible

the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness is on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,

And God seeth the light that it is good, and God separateth between the light and the darkness,

and God calleth to the light 'Day,' and to the darkness He hath called 'Night;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day one.

and to rule over day and over night, and to make a separation between the light and the darkness; and God seeth that it is good;

And the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep hath fallen upon Abram, and lo, a terror of great darkness is falling upon him;

And it cometh to pass -- the sun hath gone in, and thick darkness hath been -- and lo, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which hath passed over between those pieces.

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Stretch out thy hand towards the heavens, and there is darkness over the land of Egypt, and the darkness is felt.'

And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the heavens, and there is darkness -- thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;

and cometh in between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel, and the cloud and the darkness are, and he enlighteneth the night, and the one hath not drawn near unto the other all the night.

And the people stand afar off, and Moses hath drawn nigh unto the thick darkness where God is.

and ye draw near and stand under the mountain, and the mountain is burning with fire unto the heart of the heavens -- darkness, cloud, yea, thick darkness:

These words hath Jehovah spoken unto all your assembly, in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness -- a great voice; and He hath not added, and He writeth them on two tables of stone, and giveth them unto me.

'And it cometh to pass as ye hear the voice out of the midst of the darkness, and of the mountain burning with fire, that ye come near unto me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders,

and thou hast been gropling at noon, as the blind gropeth in darkness; and thou dost not cause thy ways to prosper; and thou hast been only oppressed and plundered all the days, and there is no saviour.

and they cry unto Jehovah, and He setteth thick darkness between you and the Egyptians, and bringeth on them the sea, and covereth them, and your eyes see that which I have done in Egypt; and ye dwell in a wilderness many days.

The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty.

And He inclineth heaven, and cometh down, And thick darkness is under His feet.

And He setteth darkness Round about Him -- tabernacles, Darkness of waters -- thick clouds of the skies.

For Thou art my lamp, O Jehovah, And Jehovah doth lighten my darkness.

Then said Solomon, 'Jehovah hath said to dwell in thick darkness;

Then said Solomon, 'Jehovah said -- to dwell in thick darkness,

That day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.

Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.

That night -- let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come.

By day they meet darkness, And as night -- they grope at noon.

Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,

A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade -- and no order, And the shining is as thick darkness.'

Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade.

They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.

He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched is he for the sword.

He is wandering for bread -- 'Where is it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.

He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!

Night for day they appoint, Light is near because of darkness.

If I wait -- Sheol is my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.

They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.

My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.

All darkness is hid for his treasures, Consume him doth a fire not blown, Broken is the remnant in his tent.

Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.

For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.

He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.

An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade.

In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk through darkness.

When good I expected, then cometh evil, And I wait for light, and darkness cometh.

There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;

Let us know what we say to Him, We set not in array because of darkness.

In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,

Where is this -- the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where is this -- its place?

For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

And He inclineth the heavens, and cometh down, And thick darkness is under His feet.

He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

For Thou -- Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

Their way is darkness and slipperiness, And a messenger of Jehovah their pursuer.

They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.

Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance is the place of darkness!

Of pestilence in thick darkness that walketh, Of destruction that destroyeth at noon,

Cloud and darkness are round about Him, Righteousness and judgment the basis of His throne.

Thou settest darkness, and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep.

He hath sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked His word.

Light hath risen in darkness to the upright, Gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

And I say, 'Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night is light to me.

Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as is darkness so is light.

Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,

The way of the wicked is as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.

In the twilight -- in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.

Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness.

The wise! -- his eyes are in his head, and the fool in darkness is walking, and I also knew that one event happeneth with them all;

Also all his days in darkness he consumeth, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound.

For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered,

But, if man liveth many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! all that is coming is vanity.

Woe to those saying to evil 'good,' And to good 'evil,' Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.

And it howleth against it in that day as the howling of a sea, And it hath looked attentively to the land, And lo, darkness -- distress, And light hath been darkened by its abundance!

And unto the land it looketh attentively, And lo, adversity and darkness! -- Dimness, distress, and thick darkness is driven away, But not the dimness for which she is in distress!

The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them.

Woe to those going deep from Jehovah to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, 'Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?'

And heard in that day have the deaf the words of a book, And out of thick darkness, and out of darkness, The eyes of the blind do see.

To open the eyes of the blind, To bring forth from prison the bound one, From the house of restraint those sitting in darkness.

And have given to thee treasures of darkness, Even treasures of secret places, So that thou knowest that I, Jehovah, Who am calling on thy name -- am the God of Israel.

Forming light, and preparing darkness, Making peace, and preparing evil, I am Jehovah, doing all these things.'

Sit silent, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For no more do they cry to thee, 'Mistress of kingdoms.'

To say to the bound, Go out, To those in darkness, Be uncovered. On the ways they feed, And in all high places is their pasture.

And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness is as noon.

Therefore hath judgment been far from us, And righteousness reacheth us not, We wait for light, and lo, darkness, For brightness -- in thick darkness we go,

For, lo, the darkness doth cover the earth, And thick darkness the peoples, And on thee rise doth Jehovah, And His honour on thee is seen.

O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah: A wilderness have I been to Israel? A land of thick darkness? Wherefore have My people said, 'We mourned, We come not in again unto Thee.'

Give ye to Jehovah your God honour, Before He doth cause darkness, And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, And ye have waited for light, And He hath made it for death-shade, And hath appointed it for thick darkness.

Therefore is their way to them as slippery places, Into thick darkness they are driven, And they have fallen in it, For I bring in against them evil, The year of their inspection, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Me He hath led, and causeth to go in darkness, and without light.

And He saith unto me, 'Hast thou seen, son of man, that which elders of the house of Israel are doing in darkness, each in the inner chambers of his imagery, for they are saying, Jehovah is not seeing us, Jehovah hath forsaken the land?'

Before their eyes on the shoulder thou dost bear, in the darkness thou dost bring forth, thy face thou dost cover, and thou dost not see the earth, for a type I have given thee to the house of Israel.'

And I do so, as I have been commanded; my vessels I have brought forth as vessels of removal by day, and at even I have dug for me through the wall with the hand; in the darkness I have brought forth, on the shoulder I have borne away, before their eyes.

As to the prince who is in their midst, on the shoulder he beareth in the darkness, and he goeth forth, through the wall they dig to bring forth by it, his face he covereth, that he may not look on the very surface of the land.

All luminaries of light in the heavens, I make black over thee, And I have given darkness over thy land, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah,

As a shepherd's searching of his drove, In the day of his being in the midst of his scattered flock, so I do seek My flock, And have delivered them out of all places, Whither they have been scattered, In a day of cloud and thick darkness.

He is revealing deep and hidden things; He hath known what is in darkness, and light with Him hath dwelt.

A day of darkness and thick darkness, A day of cloud and thick darkness, As darkness spread on the mountains, A people numerous and mighty, Like it there hath not been from of old, And after it there is not again -- till the years of generation and generation.

The sun is turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.

Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why is this to you -- the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light,