Matthew 4:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.””
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“the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“the people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death--light arose to them.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 4:16 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 3:5May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
- Job 10:22to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
- Job 34:22There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
- Psalms 44:19But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
- Psalms 107:10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
- Isaiah 9:2The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
- Isaiah 42:6“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
- Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
- Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
- Amos 5:8He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth— the LORD is His name—
- Micah 7:8Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
- Luke 1:78because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
- Luke 2:32a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
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