Luke 1:79

to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

World English Bible

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

78because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the dawn from on high will visit us,

80The child was growing and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

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Cross References

Job 10:22the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as midnight.’”

Psalms 25:8Good and upright is the LORD, therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.

Psalms 44:19though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

Psalms 107:10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,

Proverbs 3:17Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

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

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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