2 Samuel 22:29

In 11 translations

BSB

For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.

KJV

For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.lamp: or, candle

WEB

For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh will light up my darkness.

ASV

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

LSV

For You [are] my lamp, O YHWH, || And YHWH lightens my darkness.

YLT

For Thou [art] my lamp, O Jehovah, And Jehovah doth lighten my darkness.

DBY

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

DRC

For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and thou, O Lord, wilt enlighten my darkness.

GNV

Surely thou art my light, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkenes.

JPS

For Thou art my lamp, O LORD; and the LORD doth lighten my darkness.

LXXE

For thou, Lord, art my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּֽי־אַתָּ֥ה נֵירִ֖י יְהוָ֑ה וַיהוָ֖ה יַגִּ֥יהַּ חָשְׁכִּֽי׃

LXX-Br

Ὅτι σὺ ὁ λύχνος μου Κύριε, καὶ Κύριος ἐκλάμψει μοι τὸ σκότος μου.

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• Psalms 27:1The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
• John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
• Revelation 21:23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
• John 12:46I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
• Job 29:3when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
• Psalms 112:4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
• Micah 7:9Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.
• Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
• Psalms 4:6Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
• Isaiah 60:19–20No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor. Your sun will no longer set, and your…
• Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
• Psalms 18:28For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
• Psalms 97:11Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
• 2 Samuel 21:17But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”
• Malachi 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

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