Isaiah 9:2 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 9:2 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
הָעָם֙
ʻam
H5971
people
הַהֹלְכִ֣ים
hâlak
H1980
to walk
בַּחֹ֔שֶׁךְ
chôshek
H2822
darkness
רָא֖וּ
râʼâh
H7200
to see
א֣וֹר
ʼôwr
H216
light
גָּד֑וֹל
gâdôwl
H1419
great
יֹשְׁבֵי֙
yâshab
H3427
to dwell
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
צַלְמָ֔וֶת
tsalmâveth
H6757
shadow of death
א֖וֹר
ʼôwr
H216
light
נָגַ֥הּ
nâgahh
H5050
to shine
עֲלֵיהֶֽם
ʻal
H5921
upon
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light: those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them has the light shined.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
The people walking in darkness will see a great light. The dwellers of a land of deep darkness, light will shine on them.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).