Luke 1:79

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 compassion of the mercy of our God; whereby the day-spring from on high will visit us,

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

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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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