Isaiah 42:16
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וְהוֹלַכְתִּיveholakhtiand I will leadH1980עִוְרִים'ivrimblind [people]H5787בְּדֶרֶךְbederekhby a wayH1870לֹאlo'[which] notH3808יָדָעוּyada'uthey have knownH3045בִּנְתִיבוֹתbintivotby pathsH5410לֹא־lo'-[which] notH3808יָדְעוּyade'uthey have knownH3045אַדְרִיכֵם'adrikhemI will guide themH1869אָשִׂים'asimI will makeH7760מַחְשָׁךְmachshakh[the] dark placeH4285לִפְנֵיהֶםlifneihem<to> before themH6440לָאוֹרla'or<into> <the> lightH216וּמַעֲקַשִּׁיםuma'akashimand rough placesH4625לְמִישׁוֹרlemishor<into> level groundH4334אֵלֶּה'elehtheseH428הַדְּבָרִיםhadevarim[are] the thingsH1697עֲשִׂיתִם'asitim[which] I will do themH6213וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808עֲזַבְתִּים׃'azavtimI will abandon themH5800
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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