Psalms 139:11
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.In other versions
If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;
ASV
If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night;
BBE
And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;
DBY
If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; The light around me will be night;"
WEB
And I say, `Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night `is' light to me.
YLT
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
ENG
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
WBT
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
BSB
In context
9If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.