Matthew 4:16
16 “aThe people who were sitting in darkness saw a great Light,
And those who were sitting in the land and shadow of death,
Upon them a Light dawned.”
Matthew 4:16 — The New International Version (NIV)
16 the people living in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death
a light has dawned.”
Matthew 4:16 — English Standard Version (ESV)
16 the people dwelling in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death,
on them a light has dawned.”
Matthew 4:16 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Matthew 4:16 — New Living Translation (NLT)
16 the people who sat in darkness
have seen a great light.
And for those who lived in the land where death casts its shadow,
a light has shined.”
Matthew 4:16 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
16 The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light,
And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death
Light has dawned.”
Matthew 4:16 — New Century Version (NCV)
16 These people who live in darkness
will see a great light.
They live in a place covered with the shadows of death,
but a light will shine on them.”
Matthew 4:16 — American Standard Version (ASV)
16 The people that sat in darkness
Saw a great light,
And to them that sat in the region and shadow of death,
To them did light spring up.
Matthew 4:16 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
16 —the people sitting in darkness has seen a great light, and to those sitting in the country and shadow of death, to them has light sprung up.
Matthew 4:16 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
16 The people who lived in darkness
have seen a bright light.
A light has risen
for those who live in a land overshadowed by death.”
Matthew 4:16 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
16 The people who live in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those living in the shadowland of death,
light has dawned.
Matthew 4:16 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
16 the people who sat in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death
light has dawned.”
Matthew 4:16 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
16 the people who sit in darkness
have seen a great light,
and the ones who sit in the land and shadow of death,
a light has dawned on them.”
Matthew 4:16 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
16 The people who are now living in darkness
will see a great light.
They are now living in a very dark land.
But a light will shine on them.”