2 Samuel 22:29

Bishop's Bible

For thou art my lyght, O Lorde: and the Lorde shall light my darkenesse.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Lord, you are my lamp;the Lord illuminates my darkness.

Hebrew Names Version
For you are my lamp, LORD; The LORD will lighten my darkness.

King James Version
For thou art my lamp, O Lord : and the Lord will lighten my darkness.

Lexham English Bible
For you, O Yahweh are my lamp, and Yahweh lightens my darkness.

English Standard Version
For you are my lamp, O Lord , and my God lightens my darkness.

New Century Version
Lord , you give light to my lamp. The Lord brightens the darkness around me.

New English Translation
Indeed, you are my lamp, Lord . The Lord illumines the darkness around me.

Amplified Bible
"For You, O LORD, are my lamp; The LORD illumines and dispels my darkness.

New American Standard Bible
"For You are my lamp, LORD; And the LORD illuminates my darkness.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Surely thou art my light, O Lorde: and the Lorde will lighten my darkenes.

Legacy Standard Bible
For You are my lamp, O Yahweh;And Yahweh illumines my darkness.

Contemporary English Version
Our Lord and God, you are my lamp. You turn darkness to light.

Complete Jewish Bible
"For you, Adonai , are my lamp; Adonai lights up my darkness.

Darby Translation
For thou art my lamp, Jehovah; And Jehovah enlighteneth my darkness.

Easy-to-Read Version
Lord , you are my lamp. You, Lord , turn the darkness around me into light.

George Lamsa Translation
For thou wilt light my lamp; O LORD my God, lighten my darkness.

Good News Translation
You, Lord , are my light; you dispel my darkness.

Literal Translation
For You are my lamp, O Jehovah; and Jehovah shall light up my darkness.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For thou O LORDE art my lanterne. The LORDE shal lighte my darknesse.

American Standard Version
For thou art my lamp, O Jehovah; And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.

Bible in Basic English
For you are my light, O Lord; and the Lord will make the dark bright for me.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For Thou art my lamp, O LORD; and the LORD doth lighten my darkness.

King James Version (1611)
For thou art my lampe, O Lord: and the Lord wil lighten my darkenesse.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For thou, Lord, art my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.

English Revised Version
For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

Berean Standard Bible
For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD enlightens my darkness.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For thou, Lord, art my lanterne, and thou, Lord, schalt liytne my derknessis.

Young's Literal Translation
For Thou [art] my lamp, O Jehovah, And Jehovah doth lighten my darkness.

Update Bible Version
For you are my lamp, O Yahweh; And Yahweh will lighten my darkness.

Webster's Bible Translation
For thou [art] my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

World English Bible
For you are my lamp, Yahweh; Yahweh will lighten my darkness.

New King James Version
"For You are my lamp, O LORD; The LORD shall enlighten my darkness.

New Living Translation
O Lord , you are my lamp. The Lord lights up my darkness.

New Life Bible
"For You are my lamp, O Lord. The Lord gives light to my darkness.

New Revised Standard
Indeed, you are my lamp, O Lord , the Lord lightens my darkness.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, thou, wast my lamp, O Yahweh, - and, Yahweh, enlightened my darkness;

Douay-Rheims Bible
For thou art my lamp O Lord: and thou, O Lord, wilt enlighten my darkness.

Revised Standard Version
Yea, thou art my lamp, O LORD, and my God lightens my darkness.

THE MESSAGE
Suddenly, God , your light floods my path, God drives out the darkness. I smash the bands of marauders, I vault the high fences. What a God! His road stretches straight and smooth. Every God -direction is road-tested. Everyone who runs toward him Makes it.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For You are my lamp, O LORD; And the LORD illumines my darkness.

Contextual Overview

² And he saide: The Lorde is my rocke, and my castell, and my delyuerer. ³ God is my strength, in him will I trust: he is my shielde, and the horne of my saluation, my hie towre, and my refuge, my sauiour, thou hast saued me from wrong. ⁴ I will call on the Lorde which is prayse worthy: and so shall I be saued from myne enemies. ⁵ For the panges of death closed me about: the fludes of Belial put me in feare. ⁶ The sorowes of hell compassed me about, the snares of death ouertoke me. ⁷ In my tribulation did I call vppon the Lorde, and crye to my God: and he dyd heare my voyce out of his temple, and my crye [did enter] into his eares. ⁸ The earth trembled and quaked: the foundations of heauen moued & shooke when he was angry. ⁹ Smoke went out at his nosthryls, & consuming fyre out of his mouth: coles were kindled thereat. ¹⁰ And he bowed heauen & came downe: and there was darkenesse vnder his feete. ¹¹ And he rode vpon Cherub and did flee: he was seene vppon the winges of the winde.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

lamp: or, candle, Job 29:3, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 84:11, John 8:12, Revelation 21:23

lighten: Psalms 4:6, Psalms 18:28, Psalms 97:11, Psalms 112:4, Isaiah 50:10, Isaiah 60:19, Isaiah 60:20, Micah 7:9, Malachi 4:2, John 12:46

Reciprocal: Acts 12:7 - and a

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For thou [art] my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness. :-.