Then she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your handmaid was asleep. She laid him at her breast and laid her dead child at my breast.
Psalm 139:11 - Tree of Life Version If I say: “Surely darkness covers me, night keeps light at a distance from me,” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; Even the night shall be light about me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me and the night shall be [the only] light about me, American Standard Version (1901) If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night; Common English Bible If I said, “The darkness will definitely hide me; the light will become night around me,” Catholic Public Domain Version Burning coals will fall upon them. You will cast them down into the fire, into miseries that they will not be able to withstand. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Burning coals shall fall upon them; thou wilt cast them down into the fire: in miseries they shall not be able to stand. |
Then she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your handmaid was asleep. She laid him at her breast and laid her dead child at my breast.
He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into light.
There is no gloom and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.
So they say: “Adonai does not see— the God of Jacob pays no attention.”
Oy , those who go to great depths to hide their plans from Adonai! Their works are in the dark. They say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”
Can anyone hide himself in places so secret that I will not see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth?” It is a declaration of Adonai.