[to be] a light for revealing [God’s way of salvation] to the [unconverted] Gentiles, and a [source of] glory to your people, the Israelites.”
Matthew 4:16 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) the people who lived [there] in [spiritual] darkness saw a great light. Light shone upon these people, who lived in an area that was under the shadow of death.” More versionsKing 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. |
[to be] a light for revealing [God’s way of salvation] to the [unconverted] Gentiles, and a [source of] glory to your people, the Israelites.”