Devine Scripture

Isaiah 42:16

Isaiah chapter 42 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.

Context

v.15I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.

v.16This passage

v.17They shall be turned back, they shall be utterly put to shame, that trust in graven images, that say unto molten images, Ye are our gods.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 29:24

    They also that err in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmur shall receive instruction.

  • Isaiah 48:17

    Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

  • Ecclesiastes 1:15

    That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

  • Romans 5:8

    But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

  • Isaiah 54:13

    And all thy children shall be taught of Jehovah; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

  • Ezekiel 14:23

    And they shall comfort you, when ye see their way and their doings; and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord Jehovah.