Luke Chapter 1 verse 79 Holy Bible
To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace.
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To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.
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to shine upon them who were sitting in darkness and in [the] shadow of death, to guide our feet into [the] way of peace.
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To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
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To shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace."
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To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.'
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Luke 1 : 79 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 79. - To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. It would seem that for a moment the Hebrew priest saw beyond the narrow horizon of Israel, and that here, in the close of his glorious song, he caught sight of the distant far-reaching isles of the Gentiles, over which so deep a darkness brooded for ages.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(79) To give light to them that sit in darkness.--The words are an echo of those of Isaiah 9:2, which we have already met with in Matthew 4:16, where see Note. Here they carry on the thought of the sunrise lighting up the path of those who had sat all night long in the dark ravine, and whose feet were now guided into "the way of peace," that word including, as it always did, with the Hebrew, every form of blessedness.
