Romans 2:19

and hast confidence in thyself, that thou art a guide to the blind, and a light to them who are in darkness,

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

18that thou knowest his good pleasure, and discernest obligations, because thou art instructed in the law;

20and an instructor of those lacking knowledge, and a preceptor to the young; and thou hast the appearance of knowledge and of verity in the law:

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Cross References

Matthew 4:16the people that sat in darkness, have seen great light; and to them who sat in the region and shadow of death, light is arisen.

Matthew 6:23But if thy eye shall be diseased, thy whole body will be dark. If then the light that is in thee be darkness, how great will be thy darkness!

Matthew 23:16Woe to you, ye blind guides: for ye say, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold that is in the temple, he is holden.

Luke 1:79to give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death; and to guide our feet into the way of peace.

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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