Isaiah 42:16

Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data

"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."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And I will

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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the

עִוֵּר

ʻivvêr

H5787

blind (literally or figuratively)

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by a

דֶּרֶךְ

derek

H1870

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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that they

יָדַע

yâdaʻ

H3045

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...

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not I will

נָחָה

nâchâh

H5148

to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)

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them in

אֹרַח

ʼôrach

H734

a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan

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that they have not

יָדַע

yâdaʻ

H3045

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...

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I will

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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חֹשֶׁךְ

chôshek

H2822

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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אוֹר

ʼôwr

H216

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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them and

פְּתַלְתֹּל

pᵉthaltôl

H6618

tortuous (i.e. crafty)

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דָּבָר

dâbâr

H1697

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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עֵבֶר

ʻêber

H5676

properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning ...

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These

דָּבָר

dâbâr

H1697

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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will I do unto them and not

עָזַב

ʻâzab

H5800

to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.

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them

Key Terms in This Verse

crooked H6618

פְּתַלְתֹּל pᵉthaltôl

tortuous (i.e. crafty)

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straight H5676

עֵבֶר ʻêber

properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east)

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paths H734

אֹרַח ʼôrach

a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan

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forsake H5800

עָזַב ʻâzab

to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.

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lead H5148

נָחָה nâchâh

to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)

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blind H5787

עִוֵּר ʻivvêr

blind (literally or figuratively)

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darkness H2822

חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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knew H3045

יָדַע yâdaʻ

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...

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known H3045

יָדַע yâdaʻ

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...

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light H216

אוֹר ʼôwr

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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Cross References

Isaiah 30:21 cross-reference

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Luke 3:5 cross-reference

Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;

Isaiah 35:8 cross-reference

And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err ther...

Isaiah 40:4 cross-reference

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:

Ephesians 5:8 cross-reference

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

Isaiah 32:3 cross-reference

And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

Psalm 94:14 cross-reference

For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

Hebrews 13:5 cross-reference

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Isaiah 29:18 cross-reference

And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.

Isaiah 45:2 cross-reference

I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

Isaiah 48:17 cross-reference

Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

Isaiah 35:5 cross-reference

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

Isaiah 29:24 cross-reference

They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

Hosea 2:6 cross-reference

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

Hosea 2:14 cross-reference

Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

Joshua 3:4 cross-reference

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

Ezekiel 14:23 cross-reference

And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.

Isaiah 54:13 cross-reference

And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

Ecclesiastes 1:15 cross-reference

That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

Ecclesiastes 7:13 cross-reference

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

Isaiah 41:3 cross-reference

He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.

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