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Isaiah 9:2

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Isaiah 9:2 · King James Version

In other versions

  • The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

    ASV

  • The people who went in the dark have seen a great light, and for those who were living in the land of the deepest night, the light is shining.

    BBE

  • the people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them light hath shone.

    DBY

  • The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light: those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them has the light shined.

    WEB

  • The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them.

    YLT

  • 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.

    ENG

  • The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shades of death, upon them hath the light shined.

    WBT

  • The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.

    BSB

In context

1Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.

2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

3Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

4For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

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