Psalm 139:12 “even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the da…”

Psalm 139:12

even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

World English Bible

even the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.

American Standard Version

Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

Geneva Bible 1599

Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike.

Darby Translation

Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.

Young's Literal Translation

Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as [is] darkness so [is] light.

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“the darkness”

Daniel 2:22 Job 34:22 Exodus 20:21 Hebrews 4:13 Job 26:6 Exodus 14:20

Daniel 2:22 · BSB

He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.

Job 34:22 · BSB

There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.

Exodus 20:21 · BSB

And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

Hebrews 4:13 · BSB

Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

Job 26:6 · BSB

Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

Exodus 14:20 · BSB

so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—

13For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

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