Verse 28

For you will light my lamp: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Du frelser de ydmyke, men du ydmyker de hovmodige.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For du gjør mitt lys skinnende; Herren, min Gud, opplyser mitt mørke.

• Norsk King James

  For du vil tenne mitt lys: Herren, min Gud, vil opplyse mitt mørke.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For du frelser et nedbøyd folk, men de stolte øyne fornedrer du.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For du redder et ydmykt folk, men nedbøyer de stolte øyne.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For du vil tenne min lampe; HERREN min Gud vil opplyse mitt mørke.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For du vil tenne min lampe; Herren, min Gud, vil lyse opp mitt mørke.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  For du vil tenne min lampe; HERREN min Gud vil opplyse mitt mørke.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For du frelser det elendige folk, men de stolte øyne vil du slå ned.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You save a humble people, but You bring low those whose eyes are haughty.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Psalms.18.28", "source": "כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה עַם־עָנִ֣י תוֹשִׁ֑יעַ וְעֵינַ֖יִם רָמ֣וֹת תַּשְׁפִּֽיל׃", "text": "Because-*atah* *am*-*ani* *toshi'a* and *eynayim* *ramot* *tashpil*.", "grammar": { "*atah*": "2nd person masculine singular pronoun - you", "*am*": "masculine singular noun - people", "*ani*": "masculine singular adjective - afflicted/poor", "*toshi'a*": "hifil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will save", "*eynayim*": "feminine dual noun - eyes", "*ramot*": "feminine plural adjective - haughty/lofty", "*tashpil*": "hifil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will bring low" }, "variants": { "*am*": "people/people group/nation", "*ani*": "afflicted/poor/humble", "*toshi'a*": "you will save/you will deliver/you will help", "*ramot*": "haughty/lofty/proud", "*tashpil*": "you will bring low/you will humble/you will cast down" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For du frelser et undertrykt folk, men gjør de stolte øyne lave.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi du skal frelse det elendige Folk, og du skal fornedre de høie Øine.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For du vil tenne min lampe; Herren min Gud vil opplyse mitt mørke.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For du vil tenne min lampe, Herre. Min Gud vil opplyse mitt mørke.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For Du tenner min lampe, Herren min Gud opplyser mitt mørke.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Du tenner min lampe; Herren min Gud opplyser mitt mørke.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Du, Herre, vil være mitt lys; ved deg, min Gud, vil mørket bli lyst for meg.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou lightest my cadle, o LORDE my God: thou makest my darcknesse to be light.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Surely thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God wil lighten my darkenes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou also hast lyghtened my candell: God my Lorde hath made my darknesse to be lyght.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For Thou -- Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Indeed, you light my lamp, LORD. My God illuminates the darkness around me.

Referenced Verses

• Job 18:6 : 6 The light shall be dark in his dwelling, and his lamp shall be put out with him.
• Ps 132:17 : 17 There I will make the horn of David to bud; I have ordained a lamp for My anointed.
• Job 29:3 : 3 When His lamp shone upon my head, and by His light I walked through darkness;
• 1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 And to his son I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.
• Ps 112:4 : 4 Unto the upright, there arises light in the darkness; he is gracious, full of compassion, and righteous.
• Prov 20:27 : 27 The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inner depths of the heart.
• Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will bring the blind by a way they do not know; I will lead them in paths 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.
• Isa 62:1 : 1 For Zion's sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness shines forth like brightness, and her salvation like a burning lamp.
• Matt 4:16 : 16 The people which sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light has sprung up.
• Luke 1:79 : 79 To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
• 1 Kgs 15:4 : 4 Nevertheless, for David's sake, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem.
• 2 Sam 22:29 : 29 For you are my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.