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Psalm 139

Psa. 139:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Yea, 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
ηhideth
chashak (Hebrew #2821)
to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken
KJV usage: be black, be (make) dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide.
Pronounce: khaw-shak'
Origin: a primitive root
not from theep; but 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}
shineth
'owr (Hebrew #215)
to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
KJV usage: X break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: a primitive root
as the day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
: θthe darkness
chashekah (Hebrew #2825)
from 2821; darkness; figuratively, misery
KJV usage: darkness.
Pronounce: khash-ay-kaw'
Origin: or chashekah {khash-ay-kaw'}
and the light
'owrah (Hebrew #219)
luminousness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity; also a plant (as being bright)
KJV usage: herb, light.
Pronounce: o-raw'
Origin: feminine of 216
are both alike to thee.
η
darkeneth.
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Dan. 2:22• 22He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. (Dan. 2:22)
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as is the darkness, so is the light.

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Darkness,
Day,
Light,
Night

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the darkness.
Ex. 14:20• 20And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night. (Ex. 14:20)
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Ex. 20:21• 21And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. (Ex. 20:21)
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Job 26:6• 6Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. (Job 26:6)
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Job 34:22• 22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. (Job 34:22)
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Dan. 2:22• 22He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. (Dan. 2:22)
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Heb. 4:13• 13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. (Heb. 4:13)
hideth not.
Heb. darkeneth not.
the darkness, etc.
Heb. asis the darkness, so is the light.
• God is everywhere and in every corner of my heart, and darkness and light are all the same. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 139-143” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.