It is a land of blackness like the deepest darkness, gloomy and chaotic, where even the light is like the darkness.’
Matthew 4:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The people who live in darkness have seen a great light, and for those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned. ,, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The people which sat in darkness Saw great light; And to them which sat in the region and shadow of death Light is sprung up. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The people who sat (dwelt enveloped) in darkness have seen a great Light, and for those who sat in the land and shadow of death Light has dawned. American Standard Version (1901) The people that sat in darkness Saw a great light, And to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, To them did light spring up. Common English Bible the people who lived in the dark have seen a great light, and a light has come upon those who lived in the region and in shadow of death. Catholic Public Domain Version A people who were sitting in darkness have seen a great light. And unto those sitting in the region of the shadow of death, a light has risen." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The people that sat in darkness, hath seen great light: and to them that sat in the region of the shadow of death, light is sprung up. |
It is a land of blackness like the deepest darkness, gloomy and chaotic, where even the light is like the darkness.’
May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it. May what darkens the day terrify it.
Nevertheless, the gloom of the distressed land will not be like that of the former times when he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali. But in the future he will bring honour to the way of the sea, to the land east of the Jordan, and to Galilee of the nations.
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; a light has dawned on those living in the land of darkness.
Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the mountains at dusk. You wait for light, but he brings darkest gloom and makes total darkness.
The one who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the water of the sea and pours it out over the surface of the earth – the Lord is his name.
Do not rejoice over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will stand up; though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.
a light for revelation to the Gentiles , and glory to your people Israel.