Matthew 4:16

Good News Translation

The people who live in darkness will see a great light. On those who live in the dark land of death the light will shine.”

Cross References

Job 10:22

a land of darkness, shadows, and confusion, where the light itself is darkness.

Job 3:5

Make it a day of gloom and thick darkness; cover it with clouds, and blot out the sun.

Job 34:22

There is no darkness dark enough to hide a sinner from God.

Psalm 44:19

Yet you left us helpless among wild animals; you abandoned us in deepest darkness.

Isaiah 9:1

There will be no way for them to escape from this time of trouble. The land of the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali was once disgraced, but the future will bring honor to this region, from the Mediterranean eastward to the land on the other side of the Jordan, and even to Galilee itself, where the foreigners live.

Isaiah 9:2

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. They lived in a land of shadows, but now light is shining on them.

Jeremiah 13:16

Honor the Lord, your God, before he brings darkness, and you stumble on the mountains; before he turns into deep darkness the light you hoped for.

Amos 5:8

The Lord made the stars, the Pleiades and Orion. He turns darkness into daylight and day into night. He calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the earth. His name is the Lord.

Micah 7:8

Our enemies have no reason to gloat over us. We have fallen, but we will rise again. We are in darkness now, but the Lord will give us light.

Luke 2:32

A light to reveal your will to the Gentiles and bring glory to your people Israel.”