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Psalm 119:130

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119:130Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines.166

They give167 insight to the untrained.168

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Footnotes

  1. 166 Heb “the doorway of your words gives light.” God’s “words” refer here to the instructions in his law (see vv. 9, 57).
  2. 167 Heb “it [i.e., the doorway] gives.”
  3. 168 Or “the [morally] naive,” that is, the one who is young and still in the process of learning right from wrong and distinguishing wisdom from folly. See Pss 19:7; 116:6.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The unfolding of your words gives light;

it imparts understanding to the simple.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The unfolding of your words gives light;

it gives understanding to the simple.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The revelation of your words brings light

and gives understanding to the inexperienced.

NLTNew Living Translation

The teaching of your word gives light,

so even the simple can understand.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The unfolding of your words gives light,

giving understanding to the simple.

KJV 1900King James Version

The entrance of thy words giveth light;

It giveth understanding unto the simple.