Matthew 4:16

New Living Translation

the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light. And for those who lived in the land where death casts its shadow, a light has shined.”

Cross References

Job 10:22

It is a land as dark as midnight, a land of gloom and confusion, where even the light is dark as midnight.’”

Job 3:5

Let the darkness and utter gloom claim that day for its own. Let a black cloud overshadow it, and let the darkness terrify it.

Job 34:22

No darkness is thick enough to hide the wicked from his eyes.

Psalm 44:19

Yet you have crushed us in the jackal’s desert home. You have covered us with darkness and death.

Isaiah 9:1

Nevertheless, that time of darkness and despair will not go on forever. The land of Zebulun and Naphtali will be humbled, but there will be a time in the future when Galilee of the Gentiles, which lies along the road that runs between the Jordan and the sea, will be filled with glory.

Isaiah 9:2

The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those who live in a land of deep darkness, a light will shine.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the Lord your God before it is too late. Acknowledge him before he brings darkness upon you, causing you to stumble and fall on the darkening mountains. For then, when you look for light, you will find only terrible darkness and gloom.

Amos 5:8

It is the Lord who created the stars, the Pleiades and Orion. He turns darkness into morning and day into night. He draws up water from the oceans and pours it down as rain on the land. The Lord is his name!

Micah 7:8

Do not gloat over me, my enemies! For though I fall, I will rise again. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.

Luke 2:32

He is a light to reveal God to the nations, and he is the glory of your people Israel!”