Luke 1:79

To enlighten them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: to direct our feet into the way of peace.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

78Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:

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

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Cross References

Job 10:22A land of misery and darkness, where the shadow of death, and no order, but everlasting horror dwelleth.

Psalms 25:8The Lord is sweet and righteous: therefore he will give a law to sinners in the way.

Psalms 44:19And our heart hath not turned back : neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way.

Psalms 107:10Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death: bound in want and in iron.

Proverbs 3:17Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable.

Isaiah 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.

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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