Matthew 4:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

Which sat in darkness

Shadow

General references

Genesis 49:21

Bible References

Which sat in darkness

Those who sit in the darkness and in the shadow of death, being chained in affliction and iron;

I Jehovah have called You in righteousness, and will hold Your hand, and will keep You, and give You for a covenant of the people, for a Light of the nations;

Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of Jehovah has risen on you.

Rejoice not against me, my enemy; for if I fall, I shall arise; for if I sit in darkness, Jehovah shall be a light to me.

through the tender mercy of our God; by which the Dayspring from on high has visited us,

a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of Your people Israel.

Shadow

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it. Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let the blackness of the day terrify it.

a land of obscurity, the darkness of the shadow of death, without any order, and the shining is as darkness.

There is no darkness, nor shadow of death to hide there the workers of iniquity.

though You have crushed us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.

Give glory to Jehovah your God, before He causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, He turns it into the shadow of death, setting up deep gloom.

seek Him who created the Pleiades and Orion, and who turned the deep darkness into the morning and He darkened the day into night. Seek Him who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth; Jehovah is His name;

General references

Naphtali is a deer let loose. He gives goodly words.