2 Samuel 22:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 27:1 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
Job 29:3 : 3 When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;
Ps 4:6 : 6 Many there are that say, Who will show us [any] good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Ps 18:28 : 28 For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.
John 8:12 : 12 Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not {G3361} walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.
John 12:46 : 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness.
Rev 21:23 : 23 And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof [is] the Lamb.
2 Sam 21:17 : 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the lamp of Israel.
Ps 84:11 : 11 For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Ps 97:11 : 11 Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.
Ps 112:4 : 4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: [He is] gracious, and merciful, and righteous.
Isa 50:10 : 10 Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and rely upon his God.
Isa 60:19-20 : 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but Jehovah will be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. 20 Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for Jehovah will be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Mic 7:9 : 9 I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness.
Mal 4:2 : 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 18:27-29
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27For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.
28For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.
29For by thee I run upon a troop; And by my God do I leap over a wall.
Ps 27:1
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1[ A Psalm of David.] Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
Job 29:3
79%
3When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;
Ps 139:11-12
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77%
11If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;
12Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike [to thee].
2 Sam 22:30
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30For by thee I run upon a troop; By my God do I leap over a wall.
2 Sam 22:2-3
2 verses
75%
2and he said, Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
3God, my rock, in him will I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My saviour, thou savest me from violence.
Mic 7:8
75%
8Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me.
2 Sam 22:28
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28And the afflicted people thou wilt save; But thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
Ps 36:9
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9For with thee is the fountain of life: In thy light shall we see light.
Ps 119:105
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105NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.
Lam 3:2
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2He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
Ps 18:1-2
2 verses
74%
1For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of Jehovah, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said, I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
2Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
Jer 13:16
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16Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
Ps 3:3
74%
3But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory and the lifter up of my head.
Job 23:17
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17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
Ps 31:14
73%
14But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah: I said, Thou art my God.
Ps 31:3-4
2 verses
73%
3For thou art my rock and my fortress; Therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me.
4Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou art my stronghold.
Ps 144:2
73%
2My lovingkindness, and my fortress, My high tower, and my deliverer; My shield, and he in whom I take refuge; Who subdueth my people under me.
Ps 61:3
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3For thou hast been a refuge for me, A strong tower from the enemy.
Isa 60:19
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19The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but Jehovah will be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Ps 31:22
73%
22As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.
Ps 43:2-3
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73%
2For thou art the God of my strength; Why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3Oh send out thy light and thy truth; Let them lead me: Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, And to thy tabernacles.
Ps 22:19
73%
19But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.
Ps 140:6
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6I said unto Jehovah, Thou art my God: Give ear unto the voice of my supplications, O Jehovah.
Ps 31:16
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16Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: Save me in thy lovingkindness.
Ps 143:3
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3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Ps 30:10
73%
10Hear, O Jehovah, and have mercy upon me: Jehovah, be thou my helper.
Ps 31:7
73%
7I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities;
2 Sam 22:37
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37Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; And my feet have not slipped.
2 Sam 22:49
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49And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.
Ps 118:27
72%
27Jehovah is God, and he hath given us light: Bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
Ps 28:7
72%
7Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him.
Ps 71:5
72%
5For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah: [Thou art] my trust from my youth.
Ps 116:8
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8For thou hast delivered my soul from death, Mine eyes from tears, [And] my feet from falling.
2 Sam 22:19
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19They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.
Ps 30:7
72%
7Thou, Jehovah, of thy favor hadst made my mountain to stand strong. Thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.
Ps 30:1
72%
1A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House. [A Psalm] of David. I will extol thee, O Jehovah; For thou hast raised me up, And hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
Ps 27:8
72%
8[ When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.
Isa 60:2
72%
2For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
Ps 56:13
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13For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [Hast thou] not [delivered] my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?
Job 19:8
72%
8He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
Job 10:22
72%
22The land dark as midnight, [The land] of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.
2 Sam 22:33
72%
33God is my strong fortress; And he guideth the perfect in his way.