Berean Standard Bible
“even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.”
In Psalm 139 David asks whether he could flee from God's Spirit, and answers that heaven, the depths and the far sea are all within God's reach. He then considers whether darkness could hide him.
Open Study notes above for the full note.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
World English Bible (WEB)
even the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.
King James Version (KJV)
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike [to thee].
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
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.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Aun las tinieblas no encubren de ti, y la noche resplandece como el día: lo mismo te son las tinieblas que la luz.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Pero aun en las tinieblas no puedo ocultarme de ti; para ti la noche es tan brillante como el día. Para ti son lo mismo las tinieblas que la luz.
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