He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
Amos 5:8 - King James 2000 Seek him that makes the seven stars and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night: that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Seek Him Who made the [cluster of stars called] Pleiades and [the constellation] Orion, Who turns the shadow of death or deep darkness into the morning and darkens the day into night, Who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the face of the earth–the Lord is His name– American Standard Version (1901) seek him that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth (Jehovah is his name); Common English Bible The one who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night; who summons the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth— this one’s name is the LORD— Catholic Public Domain Version The Maker of Arcturus and Orion, who turns darkness into daybreak and who changes day into night; who calls forth the waters of the sea and who pours them out over the face of the earth: The Lord is his name. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Seek him that maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and that turneth darkness into morning, and that changeth day into night: that calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name. |
He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
He causes it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?
Who makes the Bear, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
You make darkness, and it is night: in which all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; we are in desolate places as dead men.
Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD.
Thus says the LORD the maker of the earth, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;
For, lo, he that forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares unto man what is his thought, that makes the morning darkness, and treads upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.
And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth on a clear day:
It is he that builds his chambers in the heavens, and has founded his vault upon the earth; he that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
The people who sat in darkness saw great light; and to them who sat in the region and shadow of death, light is sprung up.
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.