Parallel Verses
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.
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
And wither all their vegetation;
I will
And dry up the ponds.
In paths they do not know I will guide them.
I will
And
These are the things I will do,
And I will
Who trust in
Who say to molten images,
“You are our gods.”
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 29:18
And out of their gloom and darkness the
Isaiah 32:3
And the ears of those who hear will listen.
Isaiah 40:4
And every mountain and hill be made low;
And let the rough ground become a plain,
And the rugged terrain a broad valley;
Luke 1:78-79
With which
Luke 3:5
And every mountain and hill will be
The crooked will become straight,
And the rough roads smooth;
Hebrews 13:5
Make sure that your character is
Psalm 94:14
Nor will He
Isaiah 30:21
Your ears will hear a word behind you, “
Isaiah 35:5
And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
Isaiah 35:8
And it will be called the Highway of
The unclean will not travel on it,
But it will be for him who walks that way,
And
Jeremiah 31:8-9
And I will
Among them the
The woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together;
A great
Ephesians 5:8
for
Joshua 3:4
However, there shall be between you and it a distance of about 2,000
Ecclesiastes 1:15
What is
Ecclesiastes 7:13
For who is
Isaiah 29:24
And those who
Isaiah 41:3
By a way he had not been
Isaiah 45:2
I will
Isaiah 48:17
Thus says the Lord, your
“I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit,
Who
Isaiah 54:13
And the well-being of your sons will be
Isaiah 60:1-2
And the
Isaiah 60:19-20
Nor for brightness will the moon give you light;
But you will have the
And your
Jeremiah 32:39-41
and I will
Ezekiel 14:23
Then they will comfort you when you see their conduct and actions, for you will know that I have not done
Hosea 2:6
And I will build
Hosea 2:14
And speak
Romans 5:8-10
But God
Romans 8:29-31
For those whom He
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
1 Peter 1:3-5