Luke 1:79

to shine upon them who were sitting in darkness and in [the] shadow of death, to guide our feet into [the] way of peace.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

In Context

78on account of [the] bowels of mercy of our God; wherein [the] dayspring from on high has visited us,

80And the child grew and was strengthened in spirit; and he was in the deserts until the day of his shewing to Israel.

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Cross References

Job 10:22A land of gloom, as darkness itself; of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as thick darkness.

Psalms 25:8Good and upright is Jehovah; therefore will he instruct sinners in the way:

Psalms 44:19Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

Psalms 107:10Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron,

Proverbs 3:17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

Isaiah 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.

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:68-80

The Song of Zacharias. 67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, 68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, 69 And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; 70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: 71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his… Read the whole commentary →

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