Luke 1:79

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

Webster 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

78Through the tender mercy of our God; by which the day-spring from on high hath visited us,

80And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing to Israel.

Read all of Luke 1

Cross References

Job 10:22A land of darkness, as darkness itself ; and of the shades of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

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

Psalms 44:19Though thou hast severely broke us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shades of death.

Psalms 107:10Such as sit in darkness and in the shades of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

Proverbs 3:17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

Isaiah 9:2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shades of death, upon them hath the light shined.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Luke 1:79