2 Samuel 22:29 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁹ Yea, thou art my lamp, O Lord, and my God lightens my darkness.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ For thou art my lamp, O LORD: And the LORD will lighten my darkness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ For You, O Lord, are my Lamp; the Lord lightens my darkness.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ For thou art my lamp, O Jehovah; And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.

Common English Bible

²⁹ You are my lamp, LORD; the LORD illumines my darkness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ For you are my lamp, O Lord. And you, O Lord, will illuminate my darkness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and thou, O Lord, wilt enlighten my darkness.

2 Samuel 22:29 Cross References

2 Samuel 21:17

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid, and attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David's men adjured him, “You shall no more go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.”

1 Kings 11:36

Yet to his son I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.

Job 29:3

when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;

Psalm 112:4

Light rises in the darkness for the upright; the Lord is gracious, merciful, and righteous.

Psalm 18:28

Yea, thou dost light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.

Psalm 27:1

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 4:6

There are many who say, “O that we might see some good! Lift up the light of thy countenance upon us, O Lord!”

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 97:11

Light dawns for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

Isaiah 50:10

Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of his servant, who walks in darkness and has no light, yet trusts in the name of the Lord and relies upon his God?

Micah 7:9

I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light; I shall behold his deliverance.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who fear my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go forth leaping like calves from the stall.

John 12:46

I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.

John 8:12

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Revelation 21:23

And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine upon it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.