Isaiah 59:9-10
New King James Version
Sin Confessed
9 Therefore justice is far from us,
Nor does righteousness overtake us;
(A)We look for light, but there is darkness!
For brightness, but we walk in blackness!
10 (B)We grope for the wall like the blind,
And we grope as if we had no eyes;
We stumble at noonday as at twilight;
We are as dead men in desolate places.
Isaiah 59:9-10
New American Standard Bible
A Confession of Wickedness
9 Therefore (A)justice is far from us,
And righteousness does not reach us;
We (B)hope for light, but there is darkness,
For brightness, but we walk in gloom.
10 We (C)grope for the wall like people who are blind,
We grope like those who have no eyes.
We (D)stumble at midday as in the twilight;
Among those who are healthy we are (E)like the dead.
Isaiah 59:9-10
Amplified Bible
A Confession of Wickedness
9
Therefore justice is far from us,
And righteousness does not overtake us.
We [expectantly] hope for light, but only see darkness;
We hope for gleam of light, but we walk in darkness and gloom.
10
We grope for a wall like the blind,
We grope like those who have no eyes.
We stumble at midday as in the twilight;
Among those who are healthy we are like dead men.
Isaiah 59:9-10
King James Version
9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
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Psalm 82:5
New King James Version
5 They do not know, nor do they understand;
They walk about in darkness;
All the (A)foundations of the earth are [a]unstable.
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- Psalm 82:5 moved
Psalm 82:5
New American Standard Bible
5 They (A)do not know nor do they understand;
They (B)walk around in darkness;
All the (C)foundations of the earth are shaken.
Psalm 82:5
Amplified Bible
5
The rulers do not know nor do they understand;
They walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction];
All the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles of the administration of justice] are shaken.
Psalm 82:5
King James Version
5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
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Luke 11:34-36
New King James Version
34 (A)The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is [a]good, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is [b]bad, your body also is full of darkness. 35 Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness. 36 If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the whole body will be full of light, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light.”
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- Luke 11:34 Clear, or healthy
- Luke 11:34 Evil, or unhealthy
Luke 11:34-36
New American Standard Bible
34 (A)Your eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is [a]clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is [b]bad, your body also is full of darkness. 35 So watch out that the light in you is not darkness. 36 Therefore if your whole body is full of light, without any dark part, it will be wholly illuminated, as when the lamp illuminates you with its light.”
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- Luke 11:34 Or healthy
- Luke 11:34 Or evil
Luke 11:34-36
Amplified Bible
34 The eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is clear [spiritually perceptive, focused on God], your whole body also is full of light [benefiting from God’s precepts]. But when it is bad [spiritually blind], your body also is full of darkness [devoid of God’s word]. 35 Be careful, therefore, that the light that is in you is not darkness. 36 So if your whole body is illuminated, with no dark part, it will be entirely bright [with light], as when the lamp gives you light with its bright rays.”
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Luke 11:34-36
King James Version
34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
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John 1:5
New King James Version
5 And (A)the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]comprehend it.
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- John 1:5 Or overcome
John 1:5
New American Standard Bible
5 And (A)the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]grasp it.
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- John 1:5 Or overpower
John 1:5
Amplified Bible
5 The Light shines on in the [a]darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it].(A)
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- John 1:5 I.e. the world immersed in sin: all that stands in opposition to God and biblical truth.
John 1:5
King James Version
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
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John 12:35
New King James Version
35 Then Jesus said to them, “A little while longer (A)the light is with you. (B)Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; (C)he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.
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John 12:35
New American Standard Bible
35 So Jesus said to them, “(A)For a little while longer (B)the Light is among you. (C)Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; also, the one who (D)walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
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John 12:35
Amplified Bible
35 So Jesus said to them, “The Light is among you [only] a little while longer. Walk while you have the Light [keep on living by it], so that darkness will not overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going [he is drifting aimlessly].
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John 12:35
King James Version
35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
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Luke 1:79
New King James Version
79 (A)To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,
To (B)guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Luke 1:79
New American Standard Bible
79 (A)To shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,
To guide our feet into the (B)way of peace.”
Luke 1:79
Amplified Bible
79
To shine upon those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
To guide our feet [in a straight line] into the way of peace and serenity.”(A)
Luke 1:79
King James Version
79 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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John 11:10
New King James Version
10 But (A)if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”
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John 11:10
New American Standard Bible
10 But if anyone walks during the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in [a]him.”
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- John 11:10 Or it; i.e., the world
John 11:10
Amplified Bible
10 But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.”
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John 11:10
King James Version
10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
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