2The 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.


In Context

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.

Isaiah 9:2 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:2The people walking 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

9:2The people that walked in darkness, have seen a great light: to them that dwelt in the region of the shadow of death, light is risen.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:2The 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:2the 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:2The 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shades of death, upon them hath the light shined.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:2The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them the light has shined.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:2The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, on them has the light shined.