Matthew 4:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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.'

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  • Isa 9:2 : 2 The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them.
  • 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;
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 a light to the uncovering of nations, and the glory of Thy people Israel.'
  • 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.
  • Job 3:5 : 5 Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.
  • Job 10:22 : 22 A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade -- and no order, And the shining `is' as thick darkness.'
  • Job 34:22 : 22 There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;
  • Ps 44:19 : 19 But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.
  • Ps 107:10-14 : 10 Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron, 11 Because they changed the saying of God, And the counsel of the Most High despised. 12 And He humbleth with labour their heart, They have been feeble, and there is no helper. 13 And they cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distresses He saveth them. 14 He bringeth them out from the dark place, And death-shade, And their bands He draweth away.
  • Jer 13:16 : 16 Give 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.
  • Isa 42:6-7 : 6 I, Jehovah, did call thee in righteousness, And I lay hold on thy hand, and keep thee, And I give thee for a covenant of a people, And a light of nations. 7 To open the eyes of the blind, To bring forth from prison the bound one, From the house of restraint those sitting in darkness.
  • Mic 7:8 : 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.
  • 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.'

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  • Isa 9:1-2
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    1As 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.

    2The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them.

  • Luke 1:77-80
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    77To give knowledge of salvation to His people In remission of their sins,

    78Through the tender mercies of our God, In which the rising from on high did look upon us,

    79To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.'

    80And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit, and he was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

  • Matt 4:12-15
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    12And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did withdraw to Galilee,

    13and having left Nazareth, having come, he dwelt at Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtalim,

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

    15`Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! --

  • Luke 2:31-32
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    31which Thou didst prepare before the face of all the peoples,

    32a light to the uncovering of nations, and the glory of Thy people Israel.'

  • Isa 60:1-3
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    1Arise, be bright, for come hath thy light, And the honour of Jehovah hath risen on thee.

    2For, 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.

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

  • Matt 4:17
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    17From that time began Jesus to proclaim and to say, `Reform ye, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens.'

  • John 1:4-5
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    4In him was life, and the life was the light of men,

    5and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.

  • John 12:46
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    46I a light to the world have come, that every one who is believing in me -- in the darkness may not remain;

  • John 12:35-36
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    35Jesus, 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;

    36while ye have the light, believe in the light, that sons of light ye may become.' These things spake Jesus, and having gone away, he was hid from them,

  • Matt 11:5
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    5blind receive sight, and lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear, dead are raised, and poor have good news proclaimed,

  • John 3:19
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    19`And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;

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    9He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world;

  • John 8:12
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    12Again, 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.'

  • Luke 11:35-36
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    35take heed, then, lest the light that `is' in thee be darkness;

    36if then thy whole body is lightened, not having any part darkened, the whole shall be lightened, as when the lamp by the brightness may give thee light.'

  • Luke 4:17-18
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    17and there was given over to him a roll of Isaiah the prophet, and having unfolded the roll, he found the place where it hath been written:

    18`The Spirit of the Lord `is' upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance,

  • 2 Cor 4:6
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    6because `it is' God who said, Out of darkness light `is' to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • Matt 5:16
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    16so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who `is' in the heavens.

  • Job 10:22
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    22A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade -- and no order, And the shining `is' as thick darkness.'

  • Luke 11:33
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    33`And no one having lighted a lamp, doth put `it' in a secret place, nor under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, that those coming in may behold the light.

  • Ps 107:10
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    10Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron,

  • Matt 5:14
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    14`Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid;

  • Mark 1:14
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    14And after the delivering up of John, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of the reign of God,

  • Jer 13:16
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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.

  • Eph 5:14
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    14wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'

  • Isa 8:22
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    22And unto the land it looketh attentively, And lo, adversity and darkness! -- Dimness, distress, and thick darkness is driven away, But not the dimness for which she is in distress!

  • Mark 1:9
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    9And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John at the Jordan;

  • Matt 4:25
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    25And there followed him many multitudes from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

  • Luke 3:4
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    4as it hath been written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths;

  • Isa 42:7
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    7To open the eyes of the blind, To bring forth from prison the bound one, From the house of restraint those sitting in darkness.

  • Ps 112:4
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    4Light hath risen in darkness to the upright, Gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

  • Luke 17:24
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    24for as the lightning that is lightening out of the one `part' under heaven, to the other part under heaven doth shine, so shall be also the Son of Man in his day;

  • Mark 4:21
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    21And he said to them, `Doth the lamp come that under the measure it may be put, or under the couch -- not that it may be put on the lamp-stand?

  • Ps 107:14
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    14He bringeth them out from the dark place, And death-shade, And their bands He draweth away.

  • Acts 13:24
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    24John having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel;

  • Isa 29:18
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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.

  • Col 1:13
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    13who did rescue us out of the authority of the darkness, and did translate `us' into the reign of the Son of His love,