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Isaiah 42:16

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.

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KJV King James Version

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.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.

WEB World English Bible

I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.

ASV American Standard Version

And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And I have caused the blind to go, In a way they have not known, In paths they have not known I cause them to tread, I make a dark place before them become light, And unlevelled places become a plain, These are the things I have done to them, And I have not forsaken them.

Surrounding context — Isaiah 42

13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.

14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, [and] refrained myself: [now] will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

16 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.

17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye [are] our gods.

18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

19 Who [is] blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger [that] I sent? who [is] blind as [he that is] perfect, and blind as the LORD’S servant?

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וְהוֹלַכְתִּ֣יH1980 · ha.lakhto go: went עִוְרִ֗יםH5787 · iv.verblind בְּדֶ֙רֶךְ֙H1870 · de.rekhway: conduct לֹ֣אH3808 · lonot יָדָ֔עוּH3045 · ya.dato know בִּנְתִיב֥וֹתH5410 · na.tivpath לֹֽא־H3808 · lonot יָדְע֖וּH3045 · ya.dato know אַדְרִיכֵ֑םH1869 · da.rakhto tread אָשִׂים֩H7760 · sumto set: make מַחְשָׁ֨ךְH4285 · mach.shakhdarkness לִפְנֵיהֶ֜םH6440 · pa.nehface: before לָא֗וֹרH216 · orlight וּמַֽעֲקַשִּׁים֙H4625 · ma.a.qashcrooked place לְמִישׁ֔וֹרH4334 · mi.shorplain אֵ֚לֶּהH428 · el.lehthese הַדְּבָרִ֔יםH1697 · da.varword עֲשִׂיתִ֖םH6213 · a.sahto make: do וְלֹ֥אH3808 · lonot עֲזַבְתִּֽים׃H5800 · a.zavto leave: forsake

Cross-references

Isaiah 30:21And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This [is] the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.Luke 3:5Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways [shall be] made smooth;Isaiah 60:19-20The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.Isaiah 35:8And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it [shall be] for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err [therein].Isaiah 40:4Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:Luke 1:78-79Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,Ephesians 5:8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:Isaiah 32:3And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.Jeremiah 32:39-41And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:Hebrews 13:5[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.Psalm 94:14For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.Isaiah 29:18And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.Isaiah 45:2I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:Jeremiah 31:8-9Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, [and] with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.Isaiah 48:17Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I [am] the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way [that] thou shouldest go.1 Peter 1:3-5Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.Romans 5:8-10But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

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