16the 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.


In Context

13 and having left Nazareth, he went and dwelt at Capernaum, which is on the sea-side in the borders of Zabulon and Nepthalim,

14 that that might be fulfilled which was spoken through Esaias the prophet, saying,

15 Land of Zabulon and land of Nepthalim, way of the sea beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

16 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.

17 From that time began Jesus to preach and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.

18 And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers;

Matthew 4:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:16the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:16The people that sat in darkness, hath seen great light: and to them that sat in the region of the shadow of death, light is sprung up.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:16The 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:16The people which sat in darkness Saw a great light, And to them which sat in the region and shadow of death, To them did light spring up.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16The people who sat in darkness, saw great light; and to them who sat in the region and shades of death, light hath arisen.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16the 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.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16the 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.