2 Samuel 22:29

New King James Version

"For You are my lamp, O LORD; The LORD shall enlighten my darkness.

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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For thou art my lyght, O Lorde: and the Lorde shall light my darkenesse.

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 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 said: Psalms 18">[fn] "The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; ³ The God of my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, My stronghold and my refuge; My Savior, You save me from violence. ⁴ I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies. ⁵ "When the waves of death surrounded me, The floods of ungodliness made me afraid. ⁶ The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me. ⁷ In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry entered His ears. ⁸ "Then the earth shook and trembled;The foundations of heaven Psalms 18:7).">[fn] quaked and were shaken,Because He was angry. ⁹ Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it. ¹⁰ He bowed the heavens also, and came down With darkness under His feet. ¹¹ He rode upon a cherub, and flew;And He was seen Psalms 18:10); Targum reads He spoke with power.">[fn] upon the wings of the wind.

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. :-.