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Romans 2:19

And being confident that you are a moreh derech (guide) of the ivrim (blind ones), an ohr for those in choshech,

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,

In Context

18And have da'as of His will and approve the things that matter, being instructed from the Torah,

20A rabbinic moreh (teacher) of the foolish, a melammed (instructor) of the young, having the embodiment of da'as (knowledge) and Emes + 2:20 Ro 1:25 in the Torah…

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:21Hoy unto them that are chachamim in their own eyes, 1 and clever in their own sight! 1

Isaiah 49:9That thou mayest say to the asurim (the prisoners, those of the Golus): Go forth; 1 to them that are in choshech: Reveal yourselves. 1 They shall feed in the derakhim 1 and their pastures shall be in kol shefayim (high hills). 1

Matthew 4:16the people sitting in CHOSHECH RAU OHR GADOL (darkness saw a great light), YOSHVEI V'ERETZ TZALMAVET (the ones living in the land of the shadow of death), a light has dawned among them.

Matthew 6:23But if yours is the ayin horo, your kol basar is choshech; if ohr choshech, great choshech!

Matthew 23:16Oy to you, morei derech ivrim (blind guides), the, ones saying, Whoever swears by the Beis Hamikdash, it is a worthless shevuah (oath): but whoever swears by the gold of the Beis Hamikdash, he is obligated.

Luke 1:79To appear to the ones in CHOSHECH (darkness) and YOSHVEI BERETZ TZALMAVET (sitting in the land of the shadow of death), to direct our feet into the Derech Shalom. + 1:79 Ps 107:14; Isa 9:1-2; 59:9

Matthew Henry on Romans 2:18-29

The Pretensions of the Jews; The Depravity of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, 18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. 21 Thou therefore which teachest… Read the whole commentary →

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