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Psalms 139:11

139:10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

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If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night”;

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

139:12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. hideth: Heb. darkeneth not the darkness and: Heb. as is the darkness, so is the light

What does Psalms 139:11 mean?

Psalms 139:11 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָמַר (ʼâmar), חֹשֶׁךְ (chôshek), שׁוּף (shûwph).

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If
I
say,אָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
Surely
the
darknessחֹשֶׁךְchôshek/kho-shek'/H2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
shall
coverשׁוּףshûwph/shoof/H7779properly, to gape, i.e. snap at; figuratively, to overwhelm
me;
even
the
nightלַיִלlayil/lah'-yil/H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
shall
be
lightאוֹרʼôwr/ore/H216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
about
me.בְּעַדbᵉʻad/beh-ad'/H1157in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 139:11.

Genesis 1:18

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:5

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. And the evening: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was

Exodus 14:20

And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

Genesis 1:14

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day: Heb. between the day and between the night

Genesis 1:3

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Genesis 1:4

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. the light from: Heb. between the light and between the darkness

Job 12:22

He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

Job 12:25

They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. stagger: Heb. wander

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What does Psalms 139:11 say?

Psalms 139:11 (King James Version) reads: "If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me."

Is Psalms 139:11 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 139:11 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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