Isaiah 42:6
New King James Version
6 “I,(A) the Lord, have called You in righteousness,
And will hold Your hand;
I will keep You (B)and give You as a covenant to the people,
As (C)a light to the Gentiles,
Isaiah 42:6
Amplified Bible
6
“I am the Lord, I have called You (the Messiah) in righteousness [for a righteous purpose],
I will also take You by the hand and keep watch over You,
And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people [Israel],
As a light to the nations (Gentiles),
Isaiah 42:6
King James Version
6 I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
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Isaiah 49:6
New King James Version
6 Indeed He says,
‘It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob,
And to restore the preserved ones of Israel;
I will also give You as a (A)light to the Gentiles,
That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”
Isaiah 49:6
New American Standard Bible
6 He says, “It is too [a]small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the (A)protected ones of Israel;
I will also make You a (B)light [b]of the nations
So that My salvation may [c]reach to the (C)end of the earth.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:6 Lit light
- Isaiah 49:6 Or to
- Isaiah 49:6 Lit be
Isaiah 49:6
Amplified Bible
6
He says, “It is too trivial a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the [a]survivors of Israel;
I will also make You a light to the nations
That My salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:6 Lit spared.
Isaiah 49:6
King James Version
6 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 mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
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Isaiah 60:3
New King James Version
3 The (A)Gentiles shall come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.
Isaiah 60:3
New American Standard Bible
3 (A)Nations will come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.
Isaiah 60:3
Amplified Bible
3
“Nations will come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.(A)
Isaiah 60:3
King James Version
3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
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Luke 2:32
New King James Version
32 (A)A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles,
And the glory of Your people Israel.”
Luke 2:32
New American Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Luke 2:32 Lit of the Gentiles
Luke 2:32
Amplified Bible
32
A Light for revelation to the Gentiles [to disclose what was previously unknown],
And [to bring] the praise and honor and glory of Your people Israel.”(A)
Luke 2:32
King James Version
32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
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Acts 13:47
New King James Version
47 For so the Lord has commanded us:
(A)‘I have set you as a light to the Gentiles,
That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”
Acts 13:47
New American Standard Bible
47 For so the Lord has commanded us,
‘(A)I have appointed You as a (B)light [a]to the Gentiles,
That You may [b]bring salvation to the end of the earth.’”
Footnotes
- Acts 13:47 Lit of
- Acts 13:47 Lit be for salvation
Acts 13:47
Amplified Bible
47 For that is what the Lord has commanded us, saying,
‘I have placed You as a light for the Gentiles,
So that You may bring [the message of eternal] salvation to the end of the earth.’”(A)
Acts 13:47
King James Version
47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
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Acts 26:23
New King James Version
23 (A)that the Christ would suffer, (B)that He would be the first to rise from the dead, and (C)would proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”
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Acts 26:23
New American Standard Bible
23 as to (A)whether the [a]Christ was [b]to suffer, and whether, as (B)first from the resurrection of the dead, He would proclaim (C)light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”
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- Acts 26:23 I.e., Messiah
- Acts 26:23 Lit subject to suffering
Acts 26:23
Amplified Bible
23 that the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) was to suffer, and that He by being the first to rise from the dead [with an incorruptible body] would proclaim light (salvation) both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”
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Acts 26:23
King James Version
23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
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