Isaiah 42:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Isaiah 42:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 42:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 42:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
Isaiah 42:16 — World English Bible
Isaiah 42:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Isaiah 42:16 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 42:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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 <FI>are<Fi> the things I have done to them, And I have not forsaken them.”
Isaiah 42:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 42:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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. ”
Isaiah 42:16 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 42:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And I will bring the blinde by a way, that they knewe not, and lead them by paths that they haue not knowen: I will make darkenesse light before them, and crooked thinges straight. These thinges will I doe vnto them, and not forsake them.”
Isaiah 42:16 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 42:16 in Context — Isaiah 42
14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
16 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.
17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
What Does Isaiah 42:16 Mean?
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