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Psalms 139:11-12 in English

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Psalms 139:11-12 in American Standard Version (1901)

11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;
12 Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Psalms 139 in American Standard Version (1901)

Psalms 139:11-12 in Brenton Septuagint Translation

11 Coals of fire shall fall upon them on the earth; and thou shalt cast them down in afflictions: they shall not bear up under them.
12 A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction.
Psalms 139 in Brenton Septuagint Translation

Psalms 139:11-12 in King James Version + Apocrypha

11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
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.
Psalms 139 in King James Version + Apocrypha

Psalms 139:11-12 in King James (Authorized) Version

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

Psalms 139:11-12 in LXX2012: Septuagint in American English 2012

11 A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction.
12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the poor, and the right of the needy ones.
Psalms 139 in LXX2012: Septuagint in American English 2012

PSALMS 139:11-12 in Revised Version with Apocrypha (1895)

11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, and the light about me shall be night;
12 Even the darkness hideth not from thee, but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
PSALMS 139 in Revised Version with Apocrypha (1895)

Psalms 139:11-12 in Translation for Translators

11 I could request the darkness to hide me, or I could request the light around me to become darkness,
12 but even if that happened, the darkness would not be darkness for you! For you, the night is as bright as the daytime is, because for you, daylight and darkness are ◄not different/the same►.
Psalms 139 in Translation for Translators

Psalms 139:11-12 in LXX2012: Septuagint in British/International English 2012

11 A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction.
12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the poor, and the right of the needy ones.
Psalms 139 in LXX2012: Septuagint in British/International English 2012

Psalms 139:11-12 in World English Bible with Deuterocanon

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.
Psalms 139 in World English Bible with Deuterocanon

Psalms 139:11-12 in World English Bible (Catholic)

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.
Psalms 139 in World English Bible (Catholic)

Psalms 139:11-12 in World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

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.
Psalms 139 in World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Psalms 139:11-12 in Bible in Basic English

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.
Psalms 139 in Bible in Basic English

Psalms 139:11-12 in Darby Translation

11 And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;
12 Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.
Psalms 139 in Darby Translation

Psalms 139:11-12 in Douay-Rheims 1899

11 Burning coals shall fall upon them; thou wilt cast them down into the fire: in miseries they shall not be able to stand.
12 A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction.
Psalms 139 in Douay-Rheims 1899

Psalms 139:11-12 in Free Bible Version

11 If I asked the darkness to hide me, and light to become night around me,
12 Even darkness would not be dark for you, and the night would be bright as day, for darkness is like light to you.
Psalms 139 in Free Bible Version

Psalms 139:11-12 in Geneva Bible 1599

11 If I say, Yet the darkenes shall hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.
12 Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike.
Psalms 139 in Geneva Bible 1599

Psalms 139:11-12 in JPS TaNaKH 1917

11 And if I say: 'Surely the darkness shall envelop me, and the light about me shall be night';
12 Even the darkness is not too dark for Thee, but the night shineth as the day; the darkness is even as the light.
Psalms 139 in JPS TaNaKH 1917

Psalms 139:11-12 in KJV Cambridge Paragraph Bible

11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; Even the night shall be light about me.
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.
Psalms 139 in KJV Cambridge Paragraph Bible

Psalms 139:11-12 in Isaac Leeser Tanakh

11 If I said, Surely darkness shall enshroud me, and into night be turned the light about me:
12 Yet even darkness can obscure nothing from thee; but the night will shine like the day; both the darkness and the light are alike to thee.
Psalms 139 in Isaac Leeser Tanakh

Psalms 139:11-12 in Updated Brenton English Septuagint

11 Coals of fire shall fall upon them on the earth; And thou shalt cast them down in afflictions: They shall not bear up under them.
12 A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: Evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction.
Psalms 139 in Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Psalms 139:11-12 in Nyangumarta English Bible

Psalms 139:11-12 don't exist in Nyangumarta English Bible.

Psalms 139:11-12 in George Noyes Bible

11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me;” Even the night shall be light about me.
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!
Psalms 139 in George Noyes Bible

Psalms 139:11-12 in Open English Bible (Commonwealth Spelling)

11 If I say, “Let the darkness cover me, and night be the light about me,”
12 The dark is not dark for you, but night is as light as the day.
Psalms 139 in Open English Bible (Commonwealth Spelling)

Psalms 139:11-12 in Open English Bible (U. S. spelling)

11 If I say, “Let the darkness cover me, and night be the light about me,”
12 The dark is not dark for you, but night is as light as the day.
Psalms 139 in Open English Bible (U. S. spelling)

Psalms [Praises] 139:11-12 in One Unity Resource Bible

11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night;”
12 even the darkness does not hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.
Psalms [Praises] 139 in One Unity Resource Bible

Psalms 139:11-12 in Unlocked Literal Bible

11 If I said, “Surely the darkness will cover me, and the light will become night around me,”
12 even the darkness would not be dark to you. The night would shine like the day, for the darkness and the light are both alike to you.
Psalms 139 in Unlocked Literal Bible

Psalms 139:11-12 in World English Bible

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.
Psalms 139 in World English Bible

Psalms 139:11-12 in World English Bible British Edition

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.
Psalms 139 in World English Bible British Edition

Psalms 139:11-12 in Noah Webster Bible

11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12 Yes, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee .
Psalms 139 in Noah Webster Bible

Psalms 139:11-12 in World Messianic Bible

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.
Psalms 139 in World Messianic Bible

Psalms 139:11-12 in World Messianic Bible British Edition

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.
Psalms 139 in World Messianic Bible British Edition

Psalms 139:11-12 in Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

11 And I said, In hap darknesses shall defoul me; and the night is my lightening in my delights.
12 For why darknesses shall not be made dark from thee, and the night shall be lightened as the day; as the darknesses thereof, so and the light thereof.

Psalms 139:11-12 in Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling (Enhanced)

11 And I said, In hap darknesses shall defoul me; and the night is my lightening in my delights. (And I said, Perhaps the darkness shall cover me; or the light all around me shall become my night.)
12 For why darknesses shall not be made dark from thee, and the night shall be lightened as the day; as the darknesses thereof, so and the light thereof. (But the darkness shall not be dark for thee, and the night shall be like the daylight; yea, to you, the darkness is no different than the light.)

Psalms 139:11-12 in Young's Literal Translation

11 And I say, 'Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night is light to me.
12 Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as is darkness so is light.