Parallel Verses
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
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.
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.
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 lay waste mountains and hills, and I will dry up all their green herbage; and I set the rivers for islands, and I will dry up the pools. 16 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 17 They were turned back, they will be ashamed with shame, trusting in the carved image, saying to the molten image, Thou our God.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 29:18
In that day the deaf heard the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of thick darkness, and darkness.
Isaiah 32:3
And the eyes of those seeing shall not be blinded, and the ears of those hearing shall attend.
Isaiah 40:4
Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the acclivity was for evenness, and the mountain ranges for a valley:
Luke 1:78-79
Through the bowels of mercy of our God; by which the rising of the sun of sublimity has reviewed us,
Luke 3:5
Every ravine shall be filled up, and every mount and hill shall be lowered; and the crooked shall be into straightness, and the rough into smooth ways.
Hebrews 13:5
The disposition exempt from avarice; being contented with present circumstances: for he has said, I will not send thee back, nor forsake thee.
Psalm 94:14
For Jehovah will not cast off his people, and he will not forsake his inheritance.
Isaiah 30:21
And thine ears shall hear the word from after thee, saying, This the way, go ye in it when ye shall turn to the right, and when ye shall turn to the left
Isaiah 35:5
Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be opened.
Isaiah 35:8
And a highway was there, and a way, and it shall be called to it, A way of holiness; the unclean one shall not pass through it; and it is for them; he going the way, and the foolish shall not err.
Jeremiah 31:8-9
Behold me bringing them from the land of the north, and I gathered them from the thighs of the earth, with them the blind and the lame, her being Pregnant, and her bringing forth together: a great convocation shall turn back hither.
Ephesians 5:8
For ye were then darkness, and now light in the Lord: walk ye as children of light:
Joshua 3:4
But it shall be far off between you and between it, about two thousand cubits by measure: ye shall not draw near to it so that ye shall know the way which ye shall go in it; for ye passed not through the way from yesterday the third day.
Ecclesiastes 1:15
The crooked thing shall not be able to be made straight: and the deficiency shall not be able to be numberd
Ecclesiastes 7:13
See the work of God: for who shall be able to make straight what he made it crooked?
Isaiah 29:24
And they going astray shall know understanding, and they murmuring shall learn knowledge.
Isaiah 41:3
He will pursue them, he will pass over in peace; the path he will not come in with his feet
Isaiah 45:2
I will go before thee, and I will make straight the circles: I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and I will cut down the bars of iron:
Isaiah 48:17
Thus said Jehovah redeeming thee, the Holy One of Israel: I Jehovah thy God teaching thee to profit, causing thee to tread in a way thou shalt go.
Isaiah 54:13
And all thy sons taught of Jehovah; and much the peace of thy sons.
Isaiah 60:1-2
Arise,shine, for thy light has come, and the glory of Jehovah has risen upon thee.
Isaiah 60:19-20
The sun shall be no more to thee for light by day, and for brightness the moon shall not shine to thee: and Jehovah was to thee for an eternal light, and thy God for thy glory.
Jeremiah 32:39-41
And I gave to them one heart and one way, to fear me all the days, for good to them and to their sons after them.
Ezekiel 14:23
And they comforted you, for ye shall see their way and their doings; and ye know that not in vain did I do all which I did in her, says the Lord Jehovah.
Hosea 2:6
Therefore, behold me hedging in thy way with thorns, and I walled a wall and she shall not find her beaten paths.
Hosea 2:14
For this, behold, I entice her, and I caused her to go into the desert, and I spake to her heart.
Romans 5:8-10
And God recommends his own love to us, that we yet being sinful, Christ died for us.
Romans 8:29-31
For whom he before knew, he also before determined of the form of the image of his Son, for him to be first born in many brethren.
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
And we ought to return thanks to God always for you, brethren dearly beloved by the Lord, that God chose you from the beginning to salvation in consecration of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
1 Peter 1:3-5
Praised the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy having begotten us again to a living hope, by the rising up of Jesus Christ from the dead,