Psalms 18:28
For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
‖For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkenesse.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, lampe.
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- 2 Samuel 22:29Rank 1 from verse 28
- Isaiah 42:16Rank 3 from verse 28
16And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
16†And I will bring the blinde by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in pathes that they haue not knowen: I wil make darkenesse light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I doe vnto them, and not forsake them.
- Matthew 4:16Rank 4 from verse 28
- 1 Peter 2:9Rank 5 from verse 28
9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
9But yee are a chosen generation, a royall Priesthood, an holy nation, a ‖peculiar people, that yee should shewe forth the ‖praises of him, who hath called you out of darknes into his marueilous light:
- Proverbs 20:27Rank 7 from verse 28
- Psalms 112:4Rank 8 from verse 28
- Isaiah 62:1Rank 9 from verse 28
1FOR Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
1¶ For Zions sake, wil I not hold my peace, and for Ierusalems sake I will not rest, vntill the righteousnesse thereof goe forth as brightnesse, and the saluation thereof as a lampe that burneth;
- Psalms 132:17Rank 10 from verse 28
- 1 Kings 11:36Rank 12 from verse 28
36And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
36And vnto his sonne will I giue one tribe, that Dauid my seruant may haue a †light alway before me in Ierusalem, the citie which I haue chosen me to put my Name there.
- 1 Kings 15:4Rank 13 from verse 28
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Psalms 18:28
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Second-person singular present form of will: choosest, intendest, or art disposed to. Sense 2: As an auxiliary, marks future action.
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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.
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A lamp or portable light used for illumination.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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The one true God.
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To give light, illuminate darkness, or cause light and understanding where there was obscurity.
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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
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27For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
27For thou wilt saue the afflicted people: but wilt bring downe high lookes.
28For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
28‖For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkenesse.
Selected passage29For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
29‖For by thee I haue run through a troupe? and by my God haue I leaped ouer a wall.