Isaiah 9:2

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.

Bible in Basic English ☆

The people who went in the dark have seen a great light, and for those who were living in the land of the deepest night, the light is shining.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

The multitude of the people which thou hast brought down in thy joy, they shall even rejoice before thee as they that rejoice in harvest, and as they that divide the spoil.

Darby Translation ☆

the people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them light hath shone.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

The people that walked in darkness, have seen a great light: to them that dwelt in the region of the shadow of death, light is risen.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

The people that walked in darkenes haue seene a great light: they that dwelled in the land of the shadowe of death, vpon them hath the light shined.

Noyes Bible ☆

The people that walk in darkness behold a great light; They who dwell in the land of death-like shade, Upon them a light shineth.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

(9:1) The people that walk in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death—a light shineth brightly over them.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

(9-1) The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

King James Version ☆

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: They that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

O people walking in darkness, behold a great light: you⌃ that dwell in the region and shadow of death, a light shall shine upon you.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

O people walking in darkness, behold a great light: you⌃ that dwell in the region and shadow of death, a light shall shine upon you.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.

Webster Bible ☆

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shades of death, upon them hath the light shined.

Revised Version ☆

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

The multitude of the people which thou hast brought down in thy joy, they shall even rejoice before thee as they that rejoice in harvest, and as they that divide the spoil.

World English Bible ☆

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.

World English Bible Classic ☆

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.

World English Bible Updated ☆

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.

World Messianic Bible ☆

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Thou shalt multiply the Goy (Nation), and increase its simchah; they joy before Thee according to the simchat baKatzir, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

اَلشَّعْبُ ٱلسَّالِكُ فِي ٱلظُّلْمَةِ أَبْصَرَ نُورًا عَظِيمًا. ٱلْجَالِسُونَ فِي أَرْضِ ظِلَالِ ٱلْمَوْتِ أَشْرَقَ عَلَيْهِمْ نُورٌ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

အ​မှောင်​တွင်​သွား​လာ​နေ​သူ​တို့​သည် ကြီး​စွာ​သော​အ​လင်း​ကို​မြင်​ရကြ​၏။ သူ​တို့​သည်​သေ​မင်း​၏​အ​ရိပ်​လွှမ်း​မိုး​ရာ​ပြည်​တွင် နေ​ထိုင်​ခဲ့​ရ​သော်​လည်း၊ ယ​ခု​အ​ခါ​သူ​တို့​အပေါ်​သို့​အ​လင်း​ရောင် ကျ​ရောက်​လာ​လေ​ပြီ။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

မှောင်မိုက် ထဲမှာ သွားလာ သောလူ များတို့သည် ကြီး စွာသော အလင်း ကိုမြင် ရ၍၊ သေမင်း ၏နိုင်ငံ အရိပ် တွင် ရှိနေ သောသူ တို့ ၌ အလင်း ပေါ်ထွန်း လျက်ရှိ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Vinghaih thungah paqai kaminawk loe kalen parai aanghaih to hnuk o boeh; duekhaih tahlip thungah kaom kaminawk nuiah, aanghaih to phak boeh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Hmaisuep ah pongpa pilnam loh khosae puei a hmuh coeng. Dueknah hlipkhup kho kah khosa rhoek te vangnah loh a tue coeng.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Hmaisuep ah pongpa pilnam loh khosae puei a hmuh coeng. Dueknah hlipkhup kho kah khosa rhoek te vangnah loh a tue coeng.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

在黑暗中行走的百姓看见了大光； 住在死荫之地的人有光照耀他们。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

在黑暗中行走的百姓看見了大光； 住在死蔭之地的人有光照耀他們。

World Chinese Bible ☆

行在黑暗中的百姓看见了大光。 光已经照耀在住在死亡阴影之地的人身上。

Croatian Bible ☆

Ti si radost umnožio, uvećao veselje, i oni se pred tobom raduju kao što se ljudi raduju žetvi, k'o što kliču kad se dijeli plijen.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Nebo lid tento chodě v temnostech, uzří světlo veliké, a bydlícím v zemi stínu smrti světlo zastkví se.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Det Folk, som vandrer i Mørke, skal skue så stort et Lys; Lys stråler frem over dem, som bor i Mulmets Land.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

(9:1) Het volk, dat in duisternis wandelt, zal een groot licht zien; degenen, die wonen in het land van de schaduw des doods, over dezelve zal een licht schijnen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Het volk, dat in duisternis wandelt, Zal dan een helder licht aanschouwen; Die wonen in het dal van de schaduw des doods, Een glans zal over hen stralen!

Esperanto Bible ☆

Popolo, kiu iris en mallumo, ekvidis grandan lumon; super homoj, sidantaj en lando de morta ombro, ekbrilis lumo.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Tu as multiplié la nation, tu lui as accru la joie ; ils se réjouissent devant toi, comme la joie à la moisson, comme on est transporté de joie quand on partage le butin.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Le peuple qui marchait dans les ténèbres a vu une grande lumière, et la lumière a resplendi sur ceux qui habitaient le pays de l'ombre de la mort.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Tu rends le peuple nombreux, Tu lui accordes de grandes joies; Il se réjouit devant toi, comme on se réjouit à la moisson, Comme on pousse des cris d’allégresse au partage du butin.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Le peuple qui marchait dans les ténèbres a vu une grande lumière. Sur ceux qui habitaient le pays de l'ombre de la mort, la lumière a resplendi.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Das Volk, das im Finstern wandelt, hat ein großes Licht gesehen; die da wohnen im Lande des Todesschattens, Licht hat über sie geleuchtet.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Das Volk das im Finstern wandelt, sieht ein großes Licht; und über die da wohnen im finstern Lande, scheint es hell.

German Textbibel ☆

Du wirst reichen Jubel geben, wirst große Freude verleihen! Sie werden sich vor dir freuen, wie man sich in der Ernte freut, wie man jubelt, wenn man Beute teilt.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

(09-1) Das Volk, das in der Finsternis wandelt, sieht ein großes Licht, über den Bewohnern des Landes der Todesschatten geht eine Leuchte auf.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ὁ λαὸς ὁ πορευόμενος ἐν σκότει, ἴδετε φῶς μέγα· οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν χώρᾳ καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου, φῶς λάμψει ἐφ᾿ ὑμᾶς.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Τὸ πλεῖστον τοῦ λαοῦ, ὃ κατήγαγες ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ σου· καὶ εὐφρανθήσονται ἐνώπιόν σου, ὡς οἱ εὐφραινόμενοι ἐν ἀμήτῳ, καὶ ὃν τρόπον οἱ διαιρούμενοι σκῦλα.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Pèp ki t'ap mache nan fènwa a wè yon gwo limyè. Yo te rete nan yon peyi kouvri ak fènwa. Men, koulye a yon limyè vin klere yo!

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

O na kanaka i hele ma ka pouli, E ike auanei lakou i ka malamalama nui; O ka poe i noho ma ka aina o ke aka o ka make, E alohi mai auanei ka malamalama maluna o lakou.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

הִרְבִּ֣יתָ הַגֹּ֔וי *לֹא (לֹ֖ו) הִגְדַּ֣לְתָּ הַשִּׂמְחָ֑ה שָׂמְח֤וּ לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ כְּשִׂמְחַ֣ת בַּקָּצִ֔יר כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָגִ֖ילוּ בְּחַלְּקָ֥ם שָׁלָֽל׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

העם ההלכים בחשך ראו אור גדול ישבי בארץ צלמות אור נגה עליהם׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Tu hai moltiplicata la nazione, tu gli hai accresciuta l'allegrezza; essi si son rallegrati nel tuo cospetto, come l'uomo si rallegra nella ricolta, come altri festeggia quando si spartiscono le spoglie.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

(H9-1) Il popolo che camminava nelle tenebre, vede una gran luce; su quelli che abitavano il paese dell’ombra della morte, la luce risplende.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

闇の中を歩んでいた民は、 大きな光を見た。 死の陰の地に住んでいた者たちの上に、 光が輝いた。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

흑암에 행하던 백성이 큰 빛을 보고 사망의 그늘진 땅에 거하던 자에게 빛이 비취도다

Kosraean Bible ☆

Mwet su fufahsryesr in lohsr, Elos liye sie kalem lulap. Elos tuh muta in sie facl na lohsr, A inge kalem srelosi.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Populus qui ambulabat in tenebris, vidit lucem magnam; habitantibus in regione umbræ mortis, lux orta est eis.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

قومی که در تاریکی سالک می‌بودند، نور عظیمی خواهند دید و بر ساکنان زمین سایه موت نور ساطع خواهد شد.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

O povo que andava nas trevas viu uma grande luz. A luz brilhou sobre aqueles que viviam na terra da sombra da morte.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

O povo que andava em trevas viu uma grande luz; os que habitavam em terra de sombra de morte, uma luz brilhou sobre eles.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Poporul care umbla în întuneric a văzut o mare lumină; peste cei ce locuiesc în ţara umbrei morţii, a strălucit lumina.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Попорул каре умбла ын ынтунерик веде о маре луминэ; песте чей че локуяу ын цара умбрей морций рэсаре о луминэ.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Народ, ходящий во тьме, увидит свет великий; на живущих в стране тени смертной свет воссияет.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Narod koji hodi u tami videće videlo veliko, i onima koji sede u zemlji gde je smrtni sen zasvetliće videlo.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Народ који ходи у тами видеће видело велико, и онима који седе у земљи где је смртни сен засветлиће видело.

Mashi Bible ☆

Waluzize olubaga, wayûshûla amasîma gâlwo bacîshingira embere zâwe nka kula bacîshinga abadwîrhe basârûla, nka kula bacîshinga abadwîrhe­ bagaba eby’obuhagwè.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

El pueblo que andaba en tinieblas vió gran luz: los que moraban en tierra de sombra de muerte, luz resplandeció sobre ellos.

Spanish BLL ☆

El pueblo que caminaba en la oscuridad vio una gran luz; la luz resplandeció sobre los que vivían en la tierra de sombras de muerte.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

El pueblo que andaba en tinieblas vio gran luz; los que moraban en tierra de sombra de muerte, luz resplandeció sobre ellos.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

La gente que fue en la oscuridad ha visto una gran luz, y para aquellos que vivían en la tierra de la noche más profunda, la luz está brillando.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

El pueblo que andaba en tinieblas verá gran luz. A los que vivían en tierra de sombra de muerte, les resplandecerá la luz.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ko e kakai naʻe ʻaʻeva ʻi he poʻuli kuo mamata ki he maama lahi: ko kinautolu naʻe nofo ʻi he fonua ʻoe ʻata ʻoe mate, kuo ulo kiate kinautolu ʻae maama.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Люд, що в темряві блукає, зʼуздрить сьвітло велике; живучим в країнї тїнї смертної, сьвітло засияє.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Люд, що в темряві блукає, зʼуздрить сьвітло велике; живучим в країнї тїнї смертної, сьвітло засияє.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

(09-1) Dân đi trong nơi tối tăm đã thấy sự sáng lớn; và sự sáng đã chiếu trên những kẻ ở xứ thuộc về bóng của sự chết.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

הִרְבִּ֣יתָ הַגּ֔וֹי לא הִגְדַּ֣לְתָּ הַשִּׂמְחָ֑ה שָׂמְח֤וּ לְפָנֶ֨יךָ֙ כְּשִׂמְחַ֣ת בַּקָּצִ֔יר כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָגִ֖ילוּ בְּחַלְּקָ֥ם שָׁלָֽל׃