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.


In Context

1 Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the Gentiles, by the way of the sea, along the Jordan-

2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.

3 You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as men rejoice when dividing the plunder.

4 For as in the day of Midian's defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor.

Isaiah 9:2 in Other Translations

The 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, upon them hath the light shined.

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.