King James Version

2 Samuel 22:29

For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

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כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…אַתָּ֥הatahtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.נֵירִ֖יneyrilampנִירnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “lamp”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5216a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)candle, lamp, light.יְהוָ֑הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).וַיהוָ֖הvayhvahand Jehovahיְהֹוָהconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).יַגִּ֥יהַּyagihalightenנָגַהּverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “lighten”, an unfinished actionH5050to glitter; causatively, to illuminate(en-) lighten, (cause to) shine.חָשְׁכִּֽיchashekidarkחֹשֶׁךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “dark”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickednessdark(-ness), night, obscurity.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

For Thou art my lamp, O LORD; and the LORD doth lighten my darkness.

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American Standard Version (1901)

For thou art my lamp, O Jehovah; And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.

Young’s Literal Translation

For Thou [art] my lamp, O Jehovah, And Jehovah doth lighten my darkness.

World English Bible

For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh will light up my darkness.

Darby Translation

For thou art my lamp, Jehovah; And Jehovah enlighteneth my darkness.

Douay-Rheims

For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and thou, O Lord, wilt enlighten my darkness.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

For Thou art my lamp, O LORD; and the LORD doth lighten my darkness.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For thou, Lord, art my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὅτι σὺ ὁ λύχνος μου Κύριε, καὶ Κύριος ἐκλάμψει μοι τὸ σκότος μου.