Isaiah 42:16 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

In paths - The Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, and nine MSS., (two ancient), read ובנתיבות ubenotiboth. Will I do unto them - עשיתם asitem. This word, so written as it is in the text, means “thou wilt do, “in the second person. The Masoretes have indeed pointed it for the first person; but the י yod in the last syllable is absolutely necessary to distinguish the first person; and so it is written in forty MSS., עשיתים asithim.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Those who by nature were blind, and those who, being under convictions of sin and wrath are quite at a loss and know not what to do with themselves, God will lead by a way that they knew not, will show them the way to life and happiness by Jesus Christ, who is the way, and will conduct and carry them on in that way, which before they were strangers to.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

"Blind," they are called, as not having heretofore seen God's ways in ordering His Church. make darkness light, &c.--implies that the glorious issue would only be known by the event itself [VITRINGA].

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהוֹלַכְתִּ֣י	ve.ho.lakh.Ti	and I will lead	H1980 →
עִוְרִ֗ים	'iv.Rim	blind [people]	H5787 →
בְּדֶ֙רֶךְ֙	be.De.rekh	by a way	H1870 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	[which] not	H3808 →
יָדָ֔עוּ	ya.Da.'u	they have known	H3045 →
בִּנְתִיב֥וֹת	bin.ti.Vot	by paths	H5410 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	[which] not	H3808 →
יָדְע֖וּ	ya.de.'U	they have known	H3045 →
אַדְרִיכֵ֑ם	'ad.ri.Khem	I will guide them	H1869 →
אָשִׂים֩	'a.Sim	I will make	H7760 →
מַחְשָׁ֨ךְ	mach.Shakh	[the] dark place	H4285 →
לִפְנֵיהֶ֜ם	lif.nei.Hem	<to> before them	H6440 →
לָא֗וֹר	la.'or	<into> <the> light	H216 →
וּמַֽעֲקַשִּׁים֙	u.ma.'a.ka.Shim	and rough places	H4625 →
לְמִישׁ֔וֹר	le.mi.Shor	<into> level ground	H4334 →
אֵ֚לֶּה	'E.leh	these	H428 →
הַדְּבָרִ֔ים	ha.de.va.Rim	[are] the things	H1697 →
עֲשִׂיתִ֖ם	'a.si.Tim	[which] I will do them	H6213 →
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
עֲזַבְתִּֽים׃	'a.zav.Tim	I will abandon them	H5800 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 30:21
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.”
leads to
- Psalms 32:8
  I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
- Proverbs 3:5–6
  Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
- Isaiah 58:11
  The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
- Deuteronomy 5:32
  So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.
- Isaiah 35:8–9
  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.
Through
Isaiah 35:8
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.
leads to
- Matthew 7:13–14
  Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
- John 14:6
  Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Through
Luke 3:5
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.
leads to
- Isaiah 45:2
  “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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Where the connections lead

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06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Isaiah