A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
Matthew 4:16 - King James 2000 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Though you have severely broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Nevertheless the gloom shall not be such as was in her distress, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more heavily oppress her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them has the light shined.
Give glory to the LORD your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness.
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:
Rejoice not against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.