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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
כי-אתה תאיר נרי יהוה אלהי יגיה חשכי
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
ky-Ath tAyr nry yhvh Alhy ygyh KHSHky

Intermediate language

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For you will light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For you will light my lamp: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
Authorized (King James) Version   
For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
New King James Version   
For You will light my lamp; The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
21st Century King James Version   
For Thou wilt light my candle; the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
You will light my lamp, Lord Jehovah; my God will enlighten my darkness.
Darby Bible Translation   
For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God enlighten my darkness.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For thou wilt light my lamp: the LORD my God will lighten my darkness.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For it is you who light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.
God's Word   
O LORD, you light my lamp. My God turns my darkness into light.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
LORD, You light my lamp; my God illuminates my darkness.
International Standard Version   
For you, LORD, make my lamp shine; my God enlightens my darkness.
NET Bible   
Indeed, you are my lamp, LORD. My God illuminates the darkness around me.
New American Standard Bible   
For You light my lamp; The LORD my God illumines my darkness.
New International Version   
You, LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.
New Living Translation   
You light a lamp for me. The LORD, my God, lights up my darkness.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
The World English Bible   
For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Lord, you make my lamp burn brightly. My God is my light in the dark.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
For Thou -- Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
New Life Version   
You make my lamp bright. The Lord my God lights my darkness.
The Voice Bible   
You are the lamp who lights my way; the Eternal, my God, lights up my darkness.
Living Bible   
You have turned on my light! The Lord my God has made my darkness turn to light.
New Catholic Bible   
For you save the humble, but you bring down the haughty.
Legacy Standard Bible   
For You light my lamp; Yahweh my God illumines my darkness.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For thou wilt light my fire: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
Christian Standard Bible   
Lord, you light my lamp; my God illuminates my darkness.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For You cause my lamp to be lighted and to shine; the Lord my God illumines my darkness.
New Century Version   
Lord, you give light to my lamp. My God brightens the darkness around me.
The Message   
Suddenly, God, you floodlight my life; I’m blazing with glory, God’s glory! I smash the bands of marauders, I vault the highest fences.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Yes, you light my lamp, O Lord. My God turns my darkness to light.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
It is you who light my lamp; the Lord, my God, lights up my darkness.
Good News Translation®   
O Lord, you give me light; you dispel my darkness.
Wycliffe Bible   
For thou, Lord, lightenest my lantern; my God, lighten thou my darknesses. (For thou, Lord, brightenest my lantern; my God, thou lightest up my darknesses.)
Contemporary English Version   
You, the Lord God, keep my lamp burning and turn darkness to light.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Yea, thou dost light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
It is you who light my lamp; the Lord, my God, lights up my darkness.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
It is you who light my lamp; the Lord, my God, lights up my darkness.
Common English Bible © 2011   
You are the one who lights my lamp— the Lord my God illumines my darkness.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For You cause my lamp to be lighted and to shine; The Lord my God illumines my darkness.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
For humble people you save; haughty eyes you bring low.
New American Standard Bible   
For You light my lamp; The Lord my God illumines my darkness.
The Expanded Bible   
Lord, you give light to my lamp. My God ·brightens the darkness around me [lights up/illuminates my darkness].
Tree of Life Version   
For You save lowly people, but haughty eyes You humble.
Revised Standard Version   
Yea, thou dost light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
New International Reader's Version   
Lord, you keep the lamp of my life burning brightly. You are my God. You bring light into my darkness.
BRG Bible   
For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
Complete Jewish Bible   
People afflicted, you save; but haughty eyes, you humble.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
It is you who light my lamp; the Lord, my God, lights up my darkness.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For Thou wilt light my ner; Hashem Elohai will enlighten my choshech.
Names of God Bible   
O Yahweh, you light my lamp. My Elohim turns my darkness into light.
Modern English Version   
For You will cause my lamp to shine; the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Lord, you provide the flame for my lamp. You, God, turn the darkness around me into light.
International Children’s Bible   
Lord, you give light to my lamp. My God brightens the darkness around me.
Lexham English Bible   
For you light my lamp; Yahweh, my God, lights up my darkness.
New International Version - UK   
You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.