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Psalms 139:12

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

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The 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.

In Context

11If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,”

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

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Cross References

Exodus 20:21The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.

Job 34:22There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Hebrews 4:13There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 139:8-17

The Omniscience of God. 7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. 12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

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