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Matthew 4:16

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.”f n

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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.”

Matthew 4:16 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

16 The 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.”


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