Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

“I will lead the blind by a way they do not know,
In paths they do not know I will guide them.
I will make darkness into light before them
And rugged places into plains.
These are the things I will do,
And I will not leave them undone.”

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 lead the blind by a way they did not know;
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.”

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.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And I will bring
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

the blind
עוּר 
`ivver 
Usage: 26

by a way
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

not I will lead
דּרך 
Darak 
Usage: 63

them in paths
נתבה נתיבה נתיב 
Nathiyb 
Usage: 26

I will make
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

מחשׁך 
Machshak 
Usage: 7

אור 
'owr 
Usage: 122

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

מעקשׁ 
Ma`aqash 
Usage: 1

מישׁר מישׁור 
Miyshowr 
Usage: 23

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

will I do

Usage: 0

References

Fausets

Context Readings

A Song Of Praise To Yahweh

15 I will make waste mountains and hills, drying up all their plants; and I will make rivers dry, and pools dry land. 16 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. 17 They will be turned back and be greatly shamed who put their hope in pictured images, who say to metal images, You are our gods.



Cross References

Isaiah 29:18

And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.

Isaiah 32:3

And the eyes of those who see will not be shut, and those who have hearing will give ear to the word.

Isaiah 40:4

Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and let the rough places become level, and the hilltops become a valley,

Luke 1:78-79

Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,

Luke 3:5

Every valley will be lifted up, and all the mountains and hills made low, and the twisted will be made straight, and the rough ways smooth;

Hebrews 13:5

Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.

Psalm 94:14

The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;

Isaiah 30:21

And at your back, when you are turning to the right hand or to the left, a voice will be sounding in your ears, saying, This is the way in which you are to go.

Isaiah 35:5

Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.

Isaiah 35:8

And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.

Jeremiah 31:8-9

See, I will take them from the north country, and get them from the inmost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the feeble-footed, the woman with child and her who is in birth-pains together: a very great army, they will come back here.

Ephesians 5:8

For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light

Joshua 3:4

But let there be a space between you and it of about two thousand cubits: come no nearer to it, so that you may see the way you have to go, for you have not been over this way before.

Ecclesiastes 1:15

That which is bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.

Ecclesiastes 7:13

Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?

Isaiah 29:24

Those whose hearts were turned away from him will get knowledge, and those who made an outcry against him will give attention to his teaching.

Isaiah 41:3

He goes after them safely, not touching the road with his feet.

Isaiah 45:2

I will go before you, and make the rough places level: the doors of brass will be broken, and the iron rods cut in two:

Isaiah 48:17

The Lord who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, I am the Lord your God, who is teaching you for your profit, guiding you by the way in which you are to go.

Isaiah 54:13

And all your builders will be made wise by the Lord; and great will be the peace of your children.

Isaiah 60:1-2

Up! let your face be bright, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is shining on you.

Isaiah 60:19-20

The sun will not be your light by day, and the moon will no longer be bright for you by night: but the Lord will be to you an eternal light, and your God your glory.

Jeremiah 32:39-41

And I will give them one heart and one way, so that they may go on in the worship of me for ever, for their good and the good of their children after them:

Ezekiel 14:23

They will give you comfort when you see their ways and their doings: and you will be certain that not for nothing have I done all the things I have done in it, says the Lord.

Hosea 2:6

For this cause I will put thorns in her road, building up a wall round her so that she may not go on her way.

Hosea 2:14

For this cause I will make her come into the waste land and will say words of comfort to her.

Romans 5:8-10

But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.

Romans 8:29-31

Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:

1 Peter 1:3-5

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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