Psalms 139:12

12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

Psalms 139:12 in Other Translations

KJV
12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
ESV
12 even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.
NLT
12 but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you.
MSG
12 It's a fact: darkness isn't dark to you; night and day, darkness and light, they're all the same to you.
CSB
12 even the darkness is not dark to You. The night shines like the day; darkness and light are alike to You.

Psalms 139:12 In-Context

10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Job 34:22; Daniel 2:22
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