Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. ¹  They give ²  insight to the untrained. ³ 

biblegateway Psa 119:130

The unfolding of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.

The revelation of Your words brings light and gives understanding to the inexperienced.

Your word is a doorway that lets in light, and it helps gullible people understand.

biblegateway Psa 119:130

The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

bibleoremus Psa 119:130

The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

Your word is revealed, and all is light; it gives understanding even to the untaught.

biblegateway Psa 119:130

The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.

The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

biblegateway Psa 119:130

Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. ¹  They give ²  insight to the untrained. ³ 

¹ tn Heb “the doorway of your words gives light.” God’s “words” refer here to the instructions in his law (see vv. 9, 57).

² tn Heb “it [i.e., the doorway] gives.”

³ tn 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.