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19 “Where is the way to the dwelling of light,
    and where is the place of darkness,

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

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All the shining lights of the heavens
    I will darken above you
    and put darkness on your land,
            says the Lord God.

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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 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”(A)

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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 true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.9 Or He was the true light that enlightens everyone coming into the world

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

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The Death of Jesus

45 From noon on, darkness came over the whole land[a] until three in the afternoon.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 27.45 Or earth

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 one who forms the mountains, creates the wind,
    reveals his thoughts to mortals,
makes the morning darkness,
    and treads on the heights of the earth—
    the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name!(A)

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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 he brings darkness
and before your feet stumble
    on the mountains at twilight;
while you look for light,
    he turns it into gloom
    and makes it deep darkness.(A)

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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 form light and create darkness,
    I make weal and create woe;
    I the Lord do all these things.(A)

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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 He sent darkness and made the land dark;
    they rebelled[a] against his words.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 105.28 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb they did not rebel

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 make darkness, and it is night,
    when all the animals of the forest come creeping out.(A)

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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 made darkness his covering around him,
    his canopy thick clouds dark with water.(A)

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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 commanded the morning since your days began
    and caused the dawn to know its place,(A)
13 so that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth,
    and the wicked be shaken out of it?(B)

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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 to the heavens and see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, do not be led astray and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples everywhere under heaven.(A)

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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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