Isaiah 42:16

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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.

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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
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.
WEB: 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.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: 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.
BLB: And the blind I will bring by a way they did not know; I will lead them by paths they have not known; I will turn the darkness before their faces into light, and the crooked places into level ground. These [are] the things I will do for them and I will not forsake them.

ÅB: Og jeg vil føre blinde på en vei de ikke kjenner; på stier de ikke kjenner, vil jeg la dem ferdes; jeg vil gjøre mørke steder for deres åsyn til lys og bakker til sletteland. Dette er hva jeg vil gjøre, jeg vil såvisst ikke la det være.
OTB: Jeg vil lede de blinde på veier de ikke kjenner, langs ukjente stier vil jeg føre dem. Jeg vil gjøre mørket til lys foran dem og gjøre de røffe stedene glatte. Dette er de tingene jeg vil gjøre, og jeg vil ikke forlate dem.
B1930: Og jeg vil føre blinde på en vei de ikke kjenner; på stier de ikke kjenner, vil jeg la dem ferdes; jeg vil gjøre mørke steder for deres åsyn til lys og bakker til sletteland. Dette er de ting jeg vil gjøre, jeg vil visselig ikke la det være.

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Cross references

Isaiah 30:21
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
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Luke 3:5
Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
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Isaiah 35:8
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
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Isaiah 60:19–20
The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
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Luke 1:78–79
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
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Isaiah 40:4
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
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Ephesians 5:8
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
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Isaiah 32:3
And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
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