Psalms 18:28 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

For Thou -- Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

English ASV

For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.

English Amplified

For You cause my lamp to be lighted and to shine; the Lord my God illumines my darkness.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For You cause my lamp to be lighted and to shine; the Lord my God illumines my darkness.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For You, O Lord, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

LORD, you light my lamp; my God illuminates my darkness.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

English EASY 2024

Lord, you make my lamp burn brightly. My God is my light in the dark.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Lord, you provide the flame for my lamp. You, God, turn the darkness around me into light.

For it is you who light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

O Lord, you give me light; you dispel my darkness.

English God's Word - GW 1995

O Lord, you light my lamp. My God turns my darkness into light.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

LORD, You light my lamp; my God illuminates my darkness.

English KJV 1611

For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

English LSB

For You light my lamp; Yahweh my God illumines my darkness.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For You will light my lamp; the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

For You light my lamp; The LORD my God illumines my darkness.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Humble people you save; haughty eyes you bring low.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Indeed, you are my lamp, LORD. My God illuminates the darkness around me.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Lord, you keep the lamp of my life burning brightly. You are my God. You bring light into my darkness.

English NIV

You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.

English NKJ 1982

For You will light my lamp; The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

English NLT

LORD, you have brought light to my life; my God, you light up my darkness.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

It is you who light my lamp; the LORD, my God, lights up my darkness.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

God, all at once you turned on a floodlight for me! You are the revelation-light in my darkness, and in your brightness I can see the path ahead.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Yea, thou dost light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

You have turned on my light! The Lord my God has made my darkness turn to light.

English Tyndale 1537

Thou lightest my candle, O LORD my God: thou makest my darkness to be light.

Psalms 18:28 — Compare Translations