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Psalms 139:11

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If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
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  1. Job 12:22Rank 1 from verse 11
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    22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

  2. Jeremiah 23:24Rank 2 from verse 11
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    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.

  3. Psalms 94:7Rank 3 from verse 11
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    7Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

  4. Job 22:12–14Rank 4 from verse 11
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    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.

  5. Psalms 10:11–13Rank 5 from verse 11
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    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.

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Psalms 139:11

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

darkness

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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

night

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1. The dark part of the daily cycle distinguished from day, from evening until morning, or any portion of it. 2. A time or condition compared with night or darkness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

light

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Sense 1: Brightness or illumination. Sense 2: A source or opening that gives light. Sense 3: Figuratively, truth, knowledge, revelation, life, or favour contrasted with darkness. Sense 4: To illuminate or kindle. Sense 5: To alight or come upon. Sense 6: Slight, easy, swift, or not heavy.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

about

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1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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.

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12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

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