Isaiah 9:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.”
Isaiah 9:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 9:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 9:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.”
Isaiah 9:2 — World English Bible
Isaiah 9:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. ”
Isaiah 9:2 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 9:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them.”
Isaiah 9:2 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 9:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“the people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them light hath shone. ”
Isaiah 9:2 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 9:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The people that walked in darkenes haue seene a great light: they that dwelled in the land of the shadowe of death, vpon them hath the light shined.”
Isaiah 9:2 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 9:2 in Context — Isaiah 9
1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
What Does Isaiah 9:2 Mean?
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