Isaiah 42:16

But I’ll take the hand of those who don’t know the way,

who can’t see where they’re going.

I’ll be a personal guide to them,

directing them through unknown country.

I’ll be right there to show them what roads to take,

make sure they don’t fall into the ditch.

These are the things I’ll be doing for them—

sticking with them, not leaving them for a minute.”

Isaiah 42:16 — New International Version (2011) (NIV)

16 I will lead the blind by ways they have not known,

along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;

I will turn the darkness into light before them

and make the rough places smooth.

These are the things I will do;

I will not forsake them.

Isaiah 42:16 — English Standard Version (ESV)

16 And I will lead the blind

in a way that they do not know,

in paths that they have not known

I will guide them.

I will turn the darkness before them into light,

the rough places into level ground.

These are the things I do,

and I do not forsake them.

Isaiah 42:16 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

16 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.

Isaiah 42:16 — New Living Translation (NLT)

16 I will lead blind Israel down a new path,

guiding them along an unfamiliar way.

I will brighten the darkness before them

and smooth out the road ahead of them.

Yes, I will indeed do these things;

I will not forsake them.

Isaiah 42:16 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

16 I will bring the blind by a way they did not know;

I will lead them in paths they have not known.

I will make darkness light before them,

And crooked places straight.

These things I will do for them,

And not forsake them.

Isaiah 42:16 — New Century Version (NCV)

16 Then I will lead the blind along a way they never knew;

I will guide them along paths they have not known.

I will make the darkness become light for them,

and the rough ground smooth.

These are the things I will do;

I will not leave my people.

Isaiah 42:16 — American Standard Version (ASV)

16 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.

Isaiah 42:16 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

16 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 things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

Isaiah 42:16 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

16 I will lead the blind on unfamiliar roads.

I will lead them on unfamiliar paths.

I will turn darkness into light in front of them.

I will make rough places smooth.

These are the things I will do for them,

and I will never abandon them.

Isaiah 42:16 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

16 I will lead the blind by a way they did not know;

I will guide them on paths they have not known.

I will turn darkness to light in front of them

and rough places into level ground.

This is what I will do for them,

and I will not forsake them.

Isaiah 42:16 — New Revised Standard Version: Updated Edition (NRSVue)

16 I will lead the blind

by a road they do not know;

by paths they have not known

I will guide them.

I will turn the darkness before them into light,

the rough places into level ground.

These are the things I will do,

and I will not forsake them.

Isaiah 42:16 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16 And I will lead the blind by a road they do not know;

I will cause them to tread on paths they have not known.

I will make darkness in their presence into light

and rough places into level ground.

These are the things I will do,

and I will not forsake them.

Isaiah 42:16 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

16 Israel is blind.

So I will lead them along paths

they had not known before.

I will guide them on roads they are not familiar with.

I will turn the darkness into light as they travel.

I will make the rough places smooth.

Those are the things I will do.

I will not desert my people.

Isaiah 42:16 — New American Standard Bible (1995) (NASB95)

16 “I will lead the blind by a way they do not know,

In paths they do not know I will guide them.

I will make darkness into light before them

And rugged places into plains.

These are the things I will do,

And I will not leave them undone.”

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