and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, WHO CREATED HEAVEN AND THE THINGS IN IT, AND THE EARTH AND THE THINGS IN IT, AND THE SEA AND THE THINGS IN IT, that there will be delay no longer,
Original word: נָגַהּ
Transliteration: nagah
Definition (short): illumines
Definition (full): to glitter, to illuminate
Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to shine
NASB Translation: gives...light (1), illumines (2), shed (1), shine (2).
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A primitive root; to glitter; causatively, to illuminate -- (en-)lighten, (cause to) shine.
KJV:
For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
NASB:
"For You are my lamp, O LORD; And the LORD illumines my darkness.
KJV:
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine .
NASB:
"Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the flame of his fire gives no light.
KJV:
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
NASB:
"You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you; And light will shine on your ways.
KJV:
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
NASB:
For You light my lamp; The LORD my God illumines my darkness.