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Psalm 139

Psa. 139:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If I say
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Surely the darkness
choshek (Hebrew #2822)
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
KJV usage: dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
Pronounce: kho-shek'
Origin: from 2821
shall cover
shuwph (Hebrew #7779)
properly, to gape, i.e. snap at; figuratively, to overwhelm
KJV usage: break, bruise, cover.
Pronounce: shoof
Origin: a primitive root
me; even the night
layil (Hebrew #3915)
also laylah {lah'- yel-aw}; from the same as 3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
KJV usage: ((mid-))night (season).
Pronounce: lah'-yil
Origin: or (Isa. 21:11) leyl {lale}
shall be light
'owr (Hebrew #216)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
KJV usage: bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 215
about me
b`ad (Hebrew #1157)
in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.
KJV usage: about, at by (means of), for, over, through, up (-on), within.
Pronounce: beh-ad'
Origin: from 5704 with prepositional prefix
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Darkness,
Light,
Night

Cross References

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Surely.
Psa. 10:11‑13• 11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
 12Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
 13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. (Psa. 10:11‑13)
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Psa. 94:7• 7Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. (Psa. 94:7)
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Job 22:12‑14• 12Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
 13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
 14Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. (Job 22:12‑14)
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Isa. 29:15• 15Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? (Isa. 29:15)
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Jer. 23:24• 24Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord. (Jer. 23:24)
even the night.
Job 12:22• 22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. (Job 12:22)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;