Luke 8:16
Moreover, not-one kindle[ing] [a] lamp is-covering same to{vessel} or is-placing down-under of{couch/bed}; contrariwise, upon of{[a] lampstand} is-placing-upon, in-which-place the being-gone-into may-be-viewing the light,
Garth's Hyper-literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 5:15Nor they-are-igniting [a] lamp and are-placing same under the basket-measure; contrariwise, upon the lampstand, and it-is-shining to{all the} in to{the home}.
Luke 11:33Moreover, no-one kindle[ing] [a] lamp is-placing into hidden[adjective], nor under the basket-measure; contrariwise, upon the lampstand, in-which-place the being-gone-into may-be-viewing the light.
Philippians 2:15in-which-place you-may-become blameless and pure/unblended offsprings of{God}, unblemished amidst of{[a] crooked generation} and of{having-been-through-turned/twisted/distorted} in to{whom[plural]} you-are-being-revealed as luminaries/illuminators in to{[the] world},
Revelation 11:4The-same are-being the two olive[tree]s and the two lampstands, the having-stood in-sight of{the Lord} of{the earth},
Matthew Henry on Luke 8:5-22
The Parable of the Sower. 4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. 8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and… Read the whole commentary →