A Knife in the Dark is the eleventh chapter of Book One of The Fellowship of the Ring.
Plot[]
The Hobbits, along with Strider, set out from Bree on foot after their horses had fled upon the arrival of the Black Riders. The Riders had attacked the beds where they were supposed to be staying, but in vain, as Strider had the four Hobbits stay in another room. They buy a pony from Bill Ferny, pass through the Midgewater Marshes, and reach Weathertop. There, they are attacked by five Black Riders. Frodo puts on the Ring to escape them but is stabbed in the shoulder by the Witch-king of Angmar, the lord of the nine Ringwraiths.
Translations[]
| Foreign language | Translated title |
| Afrikaans | 'N Mes in die Donker |
| Albanian | Një thikë në errësirë |
| Amharic | በጨለማ ውስጥ ጩቤ |
| Arabic | سكين في الظلام |
| Armenian | Դանակ, մթության մեջ |
| Assamese | আন্ধাৰত এটা ডেগাৰ |
| Azerbaijani | Qaranlıqda bir bıçaq |
| Basque | Sastakaia ilunpetan |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Нож у цемры |
| Bengali | অন্ধকারে একটি ছুরি |
| Bosnian | Nož u mraku |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Нож в тъмното |
| Cambodian | កាំបិតនៅក្នុងងងឹត |
| Catalan | Un ganivet en la foscor |
| Cebuano | Kutsilyo sa ngitngit |
| Chinese | 一把刀在黑暗中 |
| Corsican | Un cultellu in u Scuru |
| Croatian | Nož u mraku |
| Czech | Nůž v temnotě |
| Danish | En kniv i mørket |
| Dutch | Een mes in het donker |
| Esperanto | Tranĉilo en la mallumo |
| Estonian | Nuga pimedas |
| Fijian | E dua na isele ki na vanua butobuto |
| Filipino | Isang Kutsilyo sa Madilim |
| Finnish | Veitsi yössä |
| French | Un poignard dans le noir |
| Galician | Un coitelo na escuridade |
| Georgian | დანა სიბნელეში |
| German | Ein Messer im Dunkeln |
| Greek | Ένα μαχαίρι στο σκοτάδι |
| Gujarati | અંધારામાં એક કટારી |
| Haitian Creole | Yon Kouto nan fè nwa a |
| Hebrew | סכין בחשיכה |
| Hindi | अंधेरे में एक खंजर |
| Hungarian | Tőr a sötétben |
| Hmong | Ib rab riam nyob maub |
| Icelandic | Hníf í myrkrinu |
| Indonesian | Pisau dalam gelap |
| Irish Gaelic | Scian sa Dorchadas |
| Italian | Un coltello nel buio |
| Japanese | 暗闇の中のナイフ |
| Kannada | ಕತ್ತಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಠಾರಿ |
| Kazakh | Қараңғыдағы қанжар (Cyrillic) Qarañğıdağı qanjar (Latin) |
| Korean | 어둠 속의 단검 |
| Kurdish | Kêr di nav tarî (Kurmanji) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Караңгыда канжар |
| Latin | Cultrum in obscuris ? |
| Latvian | Nazis tumsā |
| Lithuanian | Peilis tamsoje |
| Luxembourgish | Een Messer am Däischter |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Нож во мракот |
| Maithili | अन्हारमे एकटा खंजर |
| Malagasy | Ny antsy ao anaty maizina |
| Malaysian | Sebilah pisau dalam gelap |
| Maltese | Sikkina fid-dlam |
| Marathi | अंधारात एक खंजीर |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Харанхуйд хутга |
| Nepalese | अँध्यारोमा छुरा |
| Norwegian | En Kniv i Mørket |
| Pashto | په تیاره کې چاقو |
| Persian | چاقو در تاریکی |
| Polish | Sztylet w ciemnościach |
| Portuguese | Uma Faca no Escuro (Brazil)
Uma faca na escuridão (Portugal) |
| Punjabi | ਹਨੇਰੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਛੁਰਾ |
| Romanian | Un cuțit în întuneric |
| Russian | Клинок в ночи |
| Samoan | Se Naifi i le Pogisa |
| Scottish Gaelic | Sgian anns an Dorchadas |
| Serbian | Нож у мраку (Cyrillic) Nož u mraku (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | අඳුරේ කිනිස්සකි |
| Slovak | Dýka v tme |
| Slovenian | Nož v temi |
| Spanish | Un cuchillo en la oscuridad |
| Sundanese | Péso dina poék |
| Swahili | Kisu katika giza |
| Swedish | En Kniv i Mörkret |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Ханчаре дар торикй |
| Tamil | இருட்டில் கத்தி |
| Tatar | Караңгыда хәнҗәр |
| Telugu | చీకట్లో బాకు |
| Thai | มีดในที่มืด |
| Tigrinya | ኣብ ጸልማት ዝነበረ ዳጋር |
| Turkish | Karanlıkta Bir Bıçak |
| Turkmen | Garaňkyda hanjar |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Ніж у пітьмі |
| Urdu | اندھیرے میں ایک خنجر |
| Uzbek | Зулматда пичоқ (Cyrillic) Zulmatda pichoq (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Lưỡi dao trong bóng tối |
| Welsh | Cyllell yn y Tywyll |
| Xhosa | Umzi ebumnyameni |
| Yiddish | א מעסער אין די דאַרק |
| Zulu | Ummese ebumnyameni |