Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
The people sitting in darkness saw a great light; and to them sitting in the room and shadow of death, light has sprung up to them.
New American Standard Bible
And those who were sitting in the land and shadow of death,
Upon them a Light dawned.”
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
have seen a great light,
and for those living in the shadowland of death,
light has dawned.
International Standard Version
The people living in darkness have seen a great light, and for those living in the land and shadow of death, a light has risen."
A Conservative Version
the people who dwell in darkness saw a great light, and to those who dwell in the region and shadow of death, light sprang up to them.
American Standard Version
The people that sat in darkness Saw a great light, And to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, To them did light spring up.
Amplified
“The people who were sitting (living) in [spiritual] darkness have seen a great Light,
And for those who were sitting (living) in the land and shadow of [spiritual and moral] death,
Upon them a Light has dawned.”
An Understandable Version
the people who lived [there] in [spiritual] darkness saw a great light. Light shone upon these people, who lived in an area that was under the shadow of death."
Anderson New Testament
the people that sat in darkness saw great light; and upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has risen.
Bible in Basic English
The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and to those in the land of the shade of death did the dawn come up.
Common New Testament
the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned."
Daniel Mace New Testament
the people which sat in darkness, saw a great light: and to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, light is sprung up."
Darby Translation
the people sitting in darkness has seen a great light, and to those sitting in the country and shadow of death, to them has light sprung up.
Godbey New Testament
the people sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in the valley and shadow of death, light sprang up.
Goodspeed New Testament
The people that were living in darkness Have seen a great light, And on those who were living in the land of the shadow of death A light has dawned!"
John Wesley New Testament
beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, The people who walked in darkness, saw a great light, and to them who sat in the region of the shadow of death, light is sprung up.
King James 2000
The people who sat in darkness saw great light; and to them who sat in the region and shadow of death, light is sprung up.
Lexham Expanded Bible
the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and the ones who sit in the land and shadow of death, a light has dawned on them."
Modern King James verseion
The people who sat in darkness saw a great Light; and Light has sprung up to those who sat in the region and shadow of death."
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
the people which sat in darkness saw great light and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light has begun to shine."
Moffatt New Testament
The people who sat in darkness saw a great light, yea light dawned on those who sat in the land and the shadow of death.
Montgomery New Testament
The people who were dwelling in darkness Have seen a great light; And on those who were dwelling in the land of the shadows of death Light has dawned.
NET Bible
the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned."
New Heart English Bible
the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, and to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned."
Noyes New Testament
the people that sat in darkness, saw a great light; and upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death, light arose."
Sawyer New Testament
the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and upon those who sat in the region and shade of death has light arisen.
The Emphasized Bible
The people that was sitting in darkness, a great light, beheld, - and, on them who were sitting in land and shade of death, Light rose on them.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
the people who sat in darkness saw a great light; and on those who sat in the region and shadow of death, even on them hath the light arisen."
Twentieth Century New Testament
The people who were dwelling in darkness Have seen a great Light, And, for those who were dwelling in the shadow-land of Death, A Light has risen!'
Webster
The people who sat in darkness, saw great light; and to them who sat in the region and shades of death, light hath arisen.
Weymouth New Testament
The people who were dwelling in darkness have seen a brilliant light; and on those who were dwelling in the region of the shadow of death, on them light has dawned."
Williams New Testament
The people that were living in darkness have seen a great light, and on those that were living in the land of the shadow of death; a light has dawned."
World English Bible
the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned."
Worrell New Testament
The people that were sitting in darkness saw a great Light; and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death Light arose."
Worsley New Testament
about Jordan, Galilee of the gentiles, the people that sat in darkness, saw a great light, and to them, who sat in the region and shadow of death, light is sprung up."
Youngs Literal Translation
the people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death -- light arose to them.'
Themes
death » Nearness of » Shadow of
Spiritual death » Spiritual ignorance is
Jesus Christ » History of » Is rejected by the people of nazareth; lives at capernaum
Prophecies respecting Christ » His ministry commencing in galilee
Topics
Interlinear
Kathemai
κάθημαι
Kathemai
Usage: 78
En
ἐν
En
Usage: 2128
Eido
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 4:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Public Ministry In Galilee
15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, the way of the sea beyond Jordan, Galilee of the nations: 16 The people sitting in darkness saw a great light; and to them sitting in the room and shadow of death, light has sprung up to them. 17 From then Jesus began to proclaim, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.
Cross References
Luke 2:32
A light for the revelation of the nations, and the glory of thy people Israel.
Job 3:5
Darkness shall pollute it, and the shadow of death; a cloud shall dwell upon it; the obscurations of day shall terrify it
Isaiah 60:1-3
Arise,shine, for thy light has come, and the glory of Jehovah has risen upon thee.
Amos 5:8
He made the seven stars and Orion, and he turned the shadow of death to the morning, and he darkened the day to night: calling to the water of the sea, and he will pour them out upon the face of the earth: Jehovah his name:
Job 10:22
A land of darkness, as thick darkness; of the shadow of death, and not orders, and the brightness, as thick darkness.
Job 34:22
Not darkness and not the shadow of death for those working iniquity to hide there.
Psalm 44:19
For thou didst crush us in the place of jackals, and thou wilt cover over us with the shadow of death.
Psalm 107:10-14
They sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound with affliction and iron.
Isaiah 9:2
The people going in darkness saw a great light: they dwelling in the land of the shadow of death, light shone upon them.
Isaiah 42:6-7
I Jehovah called thee in justice, and I will hold by thy hand, and I will guard thee and give thee for a covenant of the people, for the light of the nations,
Jeremiah 13:16
Ye shall give glory to Jehovah your God, before he shall darken, and before your feet shall strike upon the mountains of darkness, and ye waited for light, and he set it for the shadow of death, he will place for gloom.
Micah 7:8
Thou shalt not rejoice against me, O mine enemy: if I fell I arose: if I shall sit in darkness, Jehovah a light to me.
Luke 1:78-79
Through the bowels of mercy of our God; by which the rising of the sun of sublimity has reviewed us,