Romans 2:19

New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

"And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,"

Word-by-Word Analysis

And art

בָּטַח

bâṭach

H982

figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure

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that thou

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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art a

נָחָה

nâchâh

H5148

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

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of the

עִוֵּר

ʻivvêr

H5787

blind (literally or figuratively)

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a

אוֹר

ʼôwr

H216

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

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of them which are in

חֹשֶׁךְ

chôshek

H2822

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

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Key Terms in This Verse

confident H982

בָּטַח bâṭach

figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure

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guide 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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thyself H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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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

Matthew 5:14 cross-reference

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

Isaiah 49:6 cross-reference

And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou...

Isaiah 56:10 cross-reference

His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

1 Corinthians 4:10 cross-reference

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.

Matthew 15:14 cross-reference

Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Matthew 6:23 cross-reference

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

John 9:34 cross-reference

They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

Proverbs 26:12 cross-reference

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Isaiah 5:21 cross-reference

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

Matthew 4:16 cross-reference

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.

1 Corinthians 3:18 cross-reference

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

Luke 1:79 cross-reference

To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Mark 10:15 cross-reference

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

Philippians 2:15 cross-reference

That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

Acts 26:18 cross-reference

To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith t...

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