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href="/bsb/john/11.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/john/11.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />It is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/john/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But at night there is danger of stumbling because they have no light.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/john/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/john/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/john/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/john/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/john/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if anyone walks during the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/john/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/john/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/john/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/john/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/john/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if anyone walks during the night, he does stumble, because the light is not in him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/john/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If anyone walks during the night, he does stumble, because the light is not in him.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/john/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/john/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But if you walk during the night, you will stumble, because you don't have any light." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/john/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/john/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />However, those who walk at night stumble because they have no light in themselves."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/john/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But if they walk during the night they stumble, because they have no light." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/john/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But if anyone walks at night he stumbles, because the light is not in him." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/john/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/john/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But if anyone walks around at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/john/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/john/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But if a man walketh in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />But if a man walks by night, he does stumble, because the light is not in him."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/john/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn’t in him.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/john/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and if anyone may walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/john/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and if any one may walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/john/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />But if any walk in the night, he stumbles, for light is not in him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/john/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But if he walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/john/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But if he walks in the nighttime, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/john/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But if one walks at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/john/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But those who walk at night stumble, because the light is not in them.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/john/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But if a man travels at night time, he will stumble, because there is no light in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/11.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“And if a man walks in the night he stumbles, because there is no light with him.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/john/11.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />But if any one walks in the night, he stumbles, be cause there is no light in him.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/john/11.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>if any one may walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/john/11.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/john/11.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />but if a man travels by night he stumbles, because there is no light for him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />But if a man walks by night, he does stumble, because the light is not in him."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/john/11.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>but, if any one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/john/11.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>but if any <Fr><i>one</i><FR> walk in the night, he stumbleth; because he hath no light.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/john/11-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=3930" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/john/11.htm">The Death of Lazarus</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">But</a> <a href="/greek/1437.htm" title="1437: ean (Conj) -- If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.">if</a> <a href="/greek/5100.htm" title="5100: tis (IPro-NMS) -- Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.">anyone</a> <a href="/greek/4043.htm" title="4043: peripatē (V-PSA-3S) -- From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow.">walks</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">at</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3571.htm" title="3571: nykti (N-DFS) -- The night, night-time. A primary word; night.">night,</a> <a href="/greek/4350.htm" title="4350: proskoptei (V-PIA-3S) -- From pros and kopto; to strike at, i.e. Surge against; specially, to stub on, i.e. Trip up.">he will stumble,</a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">because</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autō (PPro-DM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">he</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">has</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">no</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-NNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5457.htm" title="5457: phōs (N-NNS) -- Light, a source of light, radiance. From an obsolete phao; luminousness.">light.” </a> </span> <span class="reftext">11</span>After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/9-4.htm">John 9:4-5</a></span><br />While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work. / While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-35.htm">John 12:35-36</a></span><br />Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. / While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/2-11.htm">1 John 2:11</a></span><br />But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-8.htm">Ephesians 5:8-14</a></span><br />For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, / for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth. / Test and prove what pleases the Lord. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-2.htm">Isaiah 9:2</a></span><br />The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-22.htm">Matthew 6:22-23</a></span><br />The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. / But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-34.htm">Luke 11:34-36</a></span><br />Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness. / Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness. / So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/4-18.htm">Proverbs 4:18-19</a></span><br />The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday. / But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-4.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:4-5</a></span><br />But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief. / For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-1.htm">Isaiah 60:1-2</a></span><br />Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. / For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/82-5.htm">Psalm 82:5</a></span><br />They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-4.htm">2 Corinthians 4:4-6</a></span><br />The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. / For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. / For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-16.htm">Isaiah 42:16</a></span><br />I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-12.htm">Romans 13:12-13</a></span><br />The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. / Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-8.htm">Micah 7:8</a></span><br />Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But if a man walk in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/27-2.htm">Psalm 27:2</a></b></br> When the wicked, <i>even</i> mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/4-18.htm">Proverbs 4:18,19</a></b></br> But the path of the just <i>is</i> as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-14.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:14</a></b></br> The wise man's eyes <i>are</i> in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/23-30.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/john/10-12.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/john/11-9.htm">Light</a> <a href="/john/9-4.htm">Night</a> <a href="/john/11-9.htm">Stumble</a> <a href="/matthew/13-21.htm">Stumbles</a> <a href="/john/11-9.htm">Stumbleth</a> <a href="/john/11-9.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/john/11-9.htm">Walketh</a> <a href="/john/11-9.htm">Walks</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/12-24.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/john/11-31.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/john/12-36.htm">Light</a> <a href="/john/13-30.htm">Night</a> <a href="/john/16-1.htm">Stumble</a> <a href="/romans/14-21.htm">Stumbles</a> <a href="/romans/14-21.htm">Stumbleth</a> <a href="/john/11-54.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/john/12-35.htm">Walketh</a> <a href="/john/12-35.htm">Walks</a><div class="vheading2">John 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/11-1.htm">Jesus raises Lazarus, four days buried.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">45. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/11-45.htm">Many Jews believe.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">47. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/11-47.htm">The high priests and Pharisees gather a council against Jesus.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">49. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/11-49.htm">Caiaphas prophesies.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">54. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/11-54.htm">Jesus hides himself.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">55. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/11-55.htm">At the Passover they enquire after him, and lay wait for him.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>But if anyone walks at night</b><br>In biblical times, night was often associated with danger and uncertainty. Without modern lighting, traveling at night was perilous, and this imagery is used throughout Scripture to symbolize spiritual darkness and ignorance. Walking at night can represent living without the guidance of God's truth, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/4-19.htm">Proverbs 4:19</a>, which states, "The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble."<p><b>he will stumble</b><br>Stumbling is a metaphor for falling into sin or error. In the Bible, stumbling often signifies a lack of spiritual insight or moral failure. <a href="/psalms/119-105.htm">Psalm 119:105</a> declares, "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path," suggesting that without divine guidance, one is prone to stumble. This phrase underscores the necessity of walking in the light of God's wisdom to avoid spiritual pitfalls.<p><b>because he has no light.</b><br>Light is a recurring symbol for truth, righteousness, and the presence of God. Jesus refers to Himself as the "light of the world" in <a href="/john/8-12.htm">John 8:12</a>, indicating that He is the source of spiritual illumination and guidance. Without this light, individuals are left in spiritual darkness, unable to discern the right path. This phrase emphasizes the importance of having Christ's light to navigate the moral and spiritual challenges of life.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a></b><br>The central figure in this passage, Jesus is teaching His disciples about spiritual light and darkness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/d/disciples.htm">Disciples</a></b><br>The immediate audience of Jesus' teaching, they are learning about the importance of walking in the light.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/judea.htm">Judea</a></b><br>The region where Jesus is planning to return, despite the danger, to raise Lazarus from the dead.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/l/lazarus.htm">Lazarus</a></b><br>Though not directly mentioned in this verse, Lazarus' situation is the context for Jesus' teaching.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/bethany.htm">Bethany</a></b><br>The village where Lazarus lived, near Jerusalem, and the setting for the events surrounding this teaching.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_spiritual_light_and_darkness.htm">Understanding Spiritual Light and Darkness</a></b><br>Jesus uses the metaphor of light and darkness to illustrate spiritual truth. Walking in the light means living in accordance with God's will and truth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_spiritual_blindness.htm">The Danger of Spiritual Blindness</a></b><br>Just as physical darkness can cause one to stumble, spiritual darkness leads to moral and ethical missteps. We must seek the light of Christ to navigate life's challenges.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/following_jesus,_the_light.htm">Following Jesus, the Light</a></b><br>To avoid stumbling, we must follow Jesus closely, as He is the source of spiritual illumination and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_walking_in_the_light.htm">The Urgency of Walking in the Light</a></b><br>There is a limited time to walk in the light. We must seize the opportunity to live righteously and share the gospel while we can.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_scripture_as_light.htm">The Role of Scripture as Light</a></b><br>God's Word is a guiding light in our lives. Regular engagement with Scripture helps us discern God's path and avoid spiritual pitfalls.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_you_ready_to_face_death.htm">What does 'your rod and staff comfort me' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_themes_in_john.htm">What are key themes in the Book of John?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_jesus'_images_important.htm">What is the significance of Jesus' images?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_all_sins_equally_severe.htm">Are all sins considered equal in severity?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">But if a man walk in the night . . .</span>--He passes in this verse from the material to the spiritual truth. This first clause still holds of the natural night, and the danger to men who walk in it, but it holds, too, of the darkness in which men walk who do not see, as He is seeing, the light of heaven falling upon the moral path. In the second clause the moral truth is expressed with a prominence which excludes the other.<p><span class= "bld">Because there is no light in him.</span>--The light is now not that "of this world," but that which is within man.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.</span> He shuts himself off from the light of God-given opportunity, and carries no lamp in his soul. There is no necessity to suppose, in <a href="/john/9-4.htm">John 9:4</a>, that the day was drawing to a close, or that in this place a natural day was dawning; but there is some probability from this phraseology that John adopted the Babylonian rather than the Roman method of computing the hours of the day. This has decided bearing on several important questions (notes, <a href="/john/1-39.htm">John 1:39</a>; <a href="/john/4-6.htm">John 4:6, 52</a>; <a href="/john/19-14.htm">John 19:14</a>). The "twelve hours" shows, at all events, that the Jews at this time generally reckoned from sunrise to sunset. It must be remembered that the day differed considerably in length at different parts of the year, from fourteen hours to nine; but perhaps the emphatic use of the expression derives special interest from the fact that the equinox was approaching. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/john/11-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">But</span><br /><span class="grk">δέ</span> <span class="translit">(de)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary particle; but, and, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">if</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐὰν</span> <span class="translit">(ean)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1437.htm">Strong's 1437: </a> </span><span class="str2">If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">anyone</span><br /><span class="grk">τις</span> <span class="translit">(tis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5100.htm">Strong's 5100: </a> </span><span class="str2">Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">walks</span><br /><span class="grk">περιπατῇ</span> <span class="translit">(peripatē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4043.htm">Strong's 4043: </a> </span><span class="str2">From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">night,</span><br /><span class="grk">νυκτί</span> <span class="translit">(nykti)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3571.htm">Strong's 3571: </a> </span><span class="str2">The night, night-time. A primary word; 'night'.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he will stumble,</span><br /><span class="grk">προσκόπτει</span> <span class="translit">(proskoptei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4350.htm">Strong's 4350: </a> </span><span class="str2">From pros and kopto; to strike at, i.e. Surge against; specially, to stub on, i.e. Trip up.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because</span><br /><span class="grk">ὅτι</span> <span class="translit">(hoti)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> </span><span class="str2">Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτῷ</span> <span class="translit">(autō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔστιν</span> <span class="translit">(estin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">no</span><br /><span class="grk">οὐκ</span> <span class="translit">(ouk)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> </span><span class="str2">No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">light.”</span><br /><span class="grk">φῶς</span> <span class="translit">(phōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5457.htm">Strong's 5457: </a> </span><span class="str2">Light, a source of light, radiance. 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