Isaiah 9:2
“The people that walked in darknesse, haue seene a great light: they that dwel in the land of the shadow of death, vpon them hath the light shined.”
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Isaiah 9:2 Context
1Neuerthelesse the dimnesse 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 grieuously afflict her by the way of the Sea, beyond Iordan in Galile of the nations. 2The people that walked in darknesse, haue seene a great light: they that dwel in the land of the shadow of death, vpon them hath the light shined. 3Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the ioy: they ioy before thee, according to the ioy in haruest, and as men reioyce when they diuide the spoile. 4For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staffe of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressour, as in the day of Midian.
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Other Translations for 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.
- King James Version
The people who walk in darkness Will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
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.
- Darby Bible
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.
- Webster's Bible
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them the light has shined.
- World English Bible
The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(9:1) 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.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Isaiah 9:2
9:2 The people - Israel and Judah. Darkness - The expression is general and so may well comprehend both calamity and ignorance, idolatry and profaneness, in which those parts were eminently involved. Have seen - Shall see at the coming of the Messiah.