Isaiah 9:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them.

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  • Matt 4:16 : 16 the people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death -- light arose to them.'
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,
  • Luke 1:78-79 : 78 Through the tender mercies of our God, In which the rising from on high did look upon us, 79 To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.'
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 a light to the uncovering of nations, and the glory of Thy people Israel.'
  • John 8:12 : 12 Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'
  • Job 10:21 : 21 Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,
  • John 12:46 : 46 I a light to the world have come, that every one who is believing in me -- in the darkness may not remain;
  • Ps 23:4 : 4 Also -- when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou `art' with me, Thy rod and Thy staff -- they comfort me.
  • Ps 107:10 : 10 Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron,
  • Isa 9:1 : 1 As the former time made light The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, So the latter hath honoured the way of the sea, Beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
  • Isa 50:10 : 10 Who `is' among you, fearing Jehovah, Hearkening to the voice of His servant, That hath walked in dark places, And there is no brightness for him? Let him trust in the name of Jehovah, And lean upon his God.
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Arise, be bright, for come hath thy light, And the honour of Jehovah hath risen on thee. 2 For, lo, the darkness doth cover the earth, And thick darkness the peoples, And on thee rise doth Jehovah, And His honour on thee is seen. 3 And come have nations to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy rising.
  • Isa 60:19 : 19 To thee no more is the sun for a light by day, And for brightness the moon giveth not light to thee, And Jehovah hath become to thee A light age-during, and thy God thy beauty.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 and ye `are' a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;
  • 1 John 1:5-7 : 5 And this is the message that we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him is not at all; 6 if we may say -- `we have fellowship with Him,' and in the darkness may walk -- we lie, and do not the truth; 7 and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light -- we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son doth cleanse us from every sin;
  • Eph 5:13-14 : 13 and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light; 14 wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth;
  • Amos 5:8 : 8 The maker of Kimah and Kesil, And the turner to morning of death-shade, And day `as' night He hath made dark, Who is calling to the waters of the sea, And poureth them on the face of the earth, Jehovah `is' His name;
  • Mic 7:8-9 : 8 Thou dost not rejoice over me, O mine enemy, When I have fallen, I have risen, When I sit in darkness Jehovah is a light to me. 9 The indignation of Jehovah I do bear, For I have sinned against Him, Till that He doth plead my cause, And hath executed my judgment, He doth bring me forth to the light, I look on His righteousness.
  • Ps 107:14 : 14 He bringeth them out from the dark place, And death-shade, And their bands He draweth away.

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    14that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

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    30because mine eyes did see Thy salvation,

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    3And come have nations to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy rising.

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    18And heard in that day have the deaf the words of a book, And out of thick darkness, and out of darkness, The eyes of the blind do see.

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    16Give ye to Jehovah your God honour, Before He doth cause darkness, And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, And ye have waited for light, And He hath made it for death-shade, And hath appointed `it' for thick darkness.

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    14He bringeth them out from the dark place, And death-shade, And their bands He draweth away.