Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will bring the blind into the street, that they know not: and lead them in to a foot path, that they are ignorant in. I shall make darkness light before them, and the thing that is crooked to be straight. These things will I do, and not forget them.
New American Standard Bible
In paths they do not know I will guide them.
I will
And
These are the things I will do,
And I will
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.
Holman Bible
I will guide them on paths they have not known.
I will turn darkness to light in front of them
and rough places into level ground.
This is what I will do for them,
and I will not forsake them.
International Standard Version
I'll help the blind walk, even on a road they do not know; I'll guide them in directions they do not know. I'll turn the dark places into light in front of them, and the rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do, and I won't abandon them.
A Conservative Version
And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not. I will lead them in paths that they know not. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things I will do, and I will not forsake them.
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.
Amplified
“I will lead the blind by a way they do not know;
I will guide them in paths that they do not know.
I will make darkness into light before them
And rugged places into plains.
These things I will do [for them],
And I will not leave them abandoned or undone.”
Bible in Basic English
And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.
Darby Translation
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 things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
Julia Smith Translation
I brought the blind by a way they knew not; and I will cause them to tread in beaten paths they knew not: I will set darkness for light before them, and crooked ways into straightness; these words I did them, and I forsook them not
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I will lead the blind by a road they do not know; I will cause [them] to tread on paths they have not known. I will make darkness {in their presence} into light and rough places into level ground. These [are] the things I will do, and I will not forsake them.
Modern King James verseion
And I will bring the blind by a way they knew not; I will lead them in paths they have not known; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. I will do these things to them, and not forsake them.
NET Bible
I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.
New Heart English Bible
I will bring the blind by a way that they do not know. I will lead them in paths that they do not know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.
The Emphasized Bible
Thus will I lead the blind, by a way they know not, In paths they know not, will I guide them, - I will make the place that was dark before them to be, light. And crooked ways, to be, straight, These things, have I done unto them, And have not forsaken them.
Webster
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 for them, and not forsake them.
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.
Youngs 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.
Themes
God's Promises » Of guidance promised to the obedient » In the midst of uncertainties
divine Guidance » Promised to the obedient » In the midst of uncertainties
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 42:16
Prayers for Isaiah 42:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Song Of Praise To Yahweh
15 I will make waste both mountain and hill, and dry up every green thing that groweth thereon. I will dry up the floods of water, and drink up the rivers. 16 I will bring the blind into the street, that they know not: and lead them in to a foot path, that they are ignorant in. I shall make darkness light before them, and the thing that is crooked to be straight. These things will I do, and not forget them. 17 And therefore let them convert, and be ashamed earnestly, that hope in Idols and say to fashioned images, "Ye are our gods."
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 29:18
And in that day, shall deaf men hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see, even out of the cloud and out of darkness.
Isaiah 32:3
The eyes of the seeing shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear, shall take diligent heed.
Isaiah 40:4
Let all valleys be exalted, and every mountain and hill be laid low. Whatso is crooked, let it be made straight, and let the rough places be made plain fields.
Luke 1:78-79
Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the day spring from on high hath visited us:
Luke 3:5
Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low: And crooked things shall be made straight: and the rough ways shall be made smooth.
Hebrews 13:5
Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with that ye have already. For he verily said, "I will not fail thee, neither forsake thee."
Psalm 94:14
For the LORD will not fail his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
Isaiah 30:21
and thine ears hearken to his word that cryeth after thee and sayeth, "This is the way. Walk ye in it. Turn not aside; neither to the righthand nor to the left."
Isaiah 35:5
Then shall the eyes of the blind be lightened, and the ears of the deaf opened.
Isaiah 35:8
There shall be foot paths and common streets: this shall be called the holy way. No unclean person shall go through it, for the LORD himself shall go with them that way, and the ignorant shall not err.
Jeremiah 31:8-9
Behold, I will bring them again from out of the north land, and gather them from the ends of the world, with the blind and lame that are among them, with the women that be great with child, and such as be also delivered: and the company of them that come again, shall be great.
Ephesians 5:8
Ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.
Joshua 3:4
So yet that there be a space between you and it, about a two thousand cubits by measure. And come not nigh unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not gone by it in times past."
Ecclesiastes 1:15
The crooked cannot be made straight, and the faults cannot be numbered.
Ecclesiastes 7:13
Consider the work of God, how that no man can make the thing straight, which he maketh crooked.
Isaiah 29:24
They also which have been of an erroneous spirit shall come to understanding, and they that have been scornful shall learn doctrine."
Isaiah 41:3
He followeth upon them, and goeth safely himself, and cometh in no foot path with his feet.
Isaiah 45:2
I will go before thee, and make the crooked straight. I shall break the brazen doors, and burst the iron bars.
Isaiah 48:17
And thus sayeth the LORD God thine avenger, the holy one of Israel: I am the LORD thy God, which teach thee profitable things, and lead thee the way, that thou shouldest go.
Isaiah 54:13
Thy children shall all be taught of God, and I will give them plenteousness of peace.
Isaiah 60:1-2
Up and receive light, Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is up over thee.
Isaiah 60:19-20
The Sun shall never be thy day light, and the light of the Moon shall never shine unto thee: but the LORD himself shall be thine everlasting light, and thy God shall be thy glory.
Jeremiah 32:39-41
And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me all the days of their life, that they and their children after them may prosper.
Ezekiel 14:23
They shall comfort you, when ye see their way and works: and ye shall know how that it is not without a cause, that I have done so against Jerusalem, as I did, sayeth the LORD God.
Hosea 2:6
"But I will hedge her way with thorns, and stop it, that she shall not find her footsteps:
Hosea 2:14
"Wherefore behold: I will call her again, bring her into a wilderness, and speak friendly unto her.
Romans 5:8-10
But God setteth out his love that he hath to us; Seeing that while we were yet sinners; Christ died for us.
Romans 8:29-31
For those which he knew before, he also ordained before, that they should be like fashioned unto the shape of his son, that he might be the first begotten son among many brethren.
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, for because that God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctifying of the spirit; And through believing the truth:
1 Peter 1:3-5
Blessed be God, the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which through his abundant mercy begat us again unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from death,