11 translations · Hebrew

Psalm 119:105

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

World English Bible

Psalm 119:105 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
KJV King James Version
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
ASV American Standard Version
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.
LSV Literal Standard Version
[NUN] Your word [is] a lamp to my foot, || And a light to my path.
FBV Free Bible Version
Your word is a lamp that shows me where to walk, it's a light for my path.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
[Nun.] A lamp to my foot [is] Thy word, And a light to my path.
DBY Darby Translation
NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
WBT Webster’s Bible
NUN. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 118:105 in this edition
NUN. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.

The Hebrew words

Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.

Word Transliteration English (BSB) Strong’s
נֵר־ nêr- is a lamp H5216 נֵר lamp
לְרַגְלִ֥י lə·raḡ·lî to my feet H7272 רֶ֫גֶל foot
דְבָרֶ֑ךָ ḏə·ḇā·re·ḵā Your word H1697 דָּבָר word
וְ֝א֗וֹר wə·’ō·wr and a light H216 אוֹר light
לִנְתִיבָתִֽי׃ lin·ṯî·ḇā·ṯî to my path H5410 נָתִיב path
  • Proverbs 6:23

    For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

  • Psalm 43:3

    Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, To your tents.

  • Psalm 18:28

    For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.

  • 2 Peter 1:19

    We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:

  • Job 29:3

    when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

  • Psalm 19:8

    Yahweh’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. Yahweh’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.

  • Ephesians 5:13

    But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

103 How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

104 Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

106 I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.

107 I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.

Read all of Psalm 119 in the World English Bible.

Edition and source notes

Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.

Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.

The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.

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