Psalms 139:11
“If I say, Surely the darkenes shall couer me: euen the night shall bee light about me.”
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Psalms 139:11 Context
9If I take the wings of the morning: and dwell in the vttermost parts of the Sea: 10Euen there shall thy hand leade me: and thy right hand shall hold me. 11If I say, Surely the darkenes shall couer me: euen the night shall bee light about me. 12Yea the darkenesse hideth not from thee, but the night shineth as the day: the darknes and the light are both alike to thee. 13For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
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If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
- King James Version
If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, And the light around me will be night,"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;
- American Standard Version (1901)
If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night;
- Basic English Bible
And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;
- Darby Bible
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
- Webster's Bible
If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night;"
- World English Bible
And I say, `Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night [is] light to me.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And if I say: 'Surely the darkness shall envelop me, and the light about me shall be night';
- Jewish Publication Society Bible