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19 “Where does light come from,
    and where does darkness go?

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19 “What is the way to the abode of light?
    And where does darkness reside?(A)

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I will darken the bright stars overhead
    and cover your land in darkness.
    I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!

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All the shining lights in the heavens
    I will darken(A) over you;
    I will bring darkness over your land,(B)
declares the Sovereign Lord.

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Jesus, the Light of the World

12 Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”

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Dispute Over Jesus’ Testimony

12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am(A) the light of the world.(B) Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”(C)

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The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

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The true light(A) that gives light to everyone(B) was coming into the world.

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The Death of Jesus

45 At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock.

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The Death of Jesus(A)

45 From noon until three in the afternoon darkness(B) came over all the land.

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13 For the Lord is the one who shaped the mountains,
    stirs up the winds, and reveals his thoughts to mankind.
He turns the light of dawn into darkness
    and treads on the heights of the earth.
    The Lord God of Heaven’s Armies is his name!

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13 He who forms the mountains,(A)
    who creates the wind,(B)
    and who reveals his thoughts(C) to mankind,
who turns dawn to darkness,
    and treads on the heights of the earth(D)
    the Lord God Almighty is his name.(E)

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16 Give glory to the Lord your God
    before it is too late.
Acknowledge him before he brings darkness upon you,
    causing you to stumble and fall on the darkening mountains.
For then, when you look for light,
    you will find only terrible darkness and gloom.

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16 Give glory(A) to the Lord your God
    before he brings the darkness,
before your feet stumble(B)
    on the darkening hills.
You hope for light,
    but he will turn it to utter darkness
    and change it to deep gloom.(C)

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    I create the light and make the darkness.
I send good times and bad times.
    I, the Lord, am the one who does these things.

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I form the light and create darkness,(A)
    I bring prosperity and create disaster;(B)
    I, the Lord, do all these things.

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28 The Lord blanketed Egypt in darkness,
    for they had defied[a] his commands to let his people go.

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Footnotes

  1. 105:28 As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads had not defied.

28 He sent darkness(A) and made the land dark—
    for had they not rebelled against(B) his words?

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20 You send the darkness, and it becomes night,
    when all the forest animals prowl about.

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20 You bring darkness,(A) it becomes night,(B)
    and all the beasts of the forest(C) prowl.

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11 He shrouded himself in darkness,
    veiling his approach with dark rain clouds.

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11 He made darkness his covering,(A) his canopy(B) around him—
    the dark rain clouds of the sky.

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12 “Have you ever commanded the morning to appear
    and caused the dawn to rise in the east?
13 Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth,
    to bring an end to the night’s wickedness?

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12 “Have you ever given orders to the morning,(A)
    or shown the dawn its place,(B)
13 that it might take the earth by the edges
    and shake the wicked(C) out of it?(D)

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19 And when you look up into the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars—all the forces of heaven—don’t be seduced into worshiping them. The Lord your God gave them to all the peoples of the earth.

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19 And when you look up to the sky and see the sun,(A) the moon and the stars(B)—all the heavenly array(C)—do not be enticed(D) into bowing down to them and worshiping(E) things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

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