Isaiah 42:16 “I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on…”

Isaiah 42:16

I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I will bring the blinde by a way, that they knewe not, and lead them by paths that they haue not knowen: I will make darkenesse light before them, and crooked thinges straight. These thinges will I doe vnto them, and not forsake them.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have caused the blind to go, In a way they have not known, In paths they have not known I cause them to tread, I make a dark place before them become light, And unlevelled places become a plain, These [are] the things I have done to them, And I have not forsaken them.

Bible in Basic English

And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.

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Cross references

“I will bring”

Isaiah 30:21 Isaiah 35:8 Ephesians 5:8 Isaiah 32:3 Isaiah 29:18 Isaiah 48:17

Isaiah 30:21 · BSB

And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”

Isaiah 35:8 · BSB

And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.

Ephesians 5:8 · BSB

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

Isaiah 32:3 · BSB

Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.

Isaiah 29:18 · BSB

On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

Isaiah 48:17 · BSB

Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.

“lead”

Hosea 2:6 Joshua 3:4 Isaiah 41:3

Hosea 2:6 · BSB

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.

Joshua 3:4 · BSB

But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”

Isaiah 41:3 · BSB

He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.

“crooked”

Luke 3:5 Isaiah 40:4 Isaiah 45:2 Ecclesiastes 1:15 Ecclesiastes 7:13

Luke 3:5 · BSB

Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.

Isaiah 40:4 · BSB

Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.

Isaiah 45:2 · BSB

“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

Ecclesiastes 1:15 · BSB

What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

Ecclesiastes 7:13 · BSB

Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?

“and not”

Jeremiah 32:39–41 Psalm 94:14 Hebrews 13:5 Romans 5:8–10 1 Peter 1:3–5 Romans 8:29–31

Jeremiah 32:39–41 · BSB

I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.

Psalm 94:14 · BSB

For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.

Hebrews 13:5 · BSB

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

Romans 5:8–10 · BSB

But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

1 Peter 1:3–5 · BSB

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Romans 8:29–31 · BSB

For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.

17But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.

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