Isaiah 42 · Verse 7

Isaiah 42:7

To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Isaiah 42:7, King James Version

Isaiah 42:7 in other translations

BSBto open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
WEBto open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
ASVto open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.
YLTTo open the eyes of the blind, To bring forth from prison the bound one, From the house of restraint those sitting in darkness.
DARBYto open the blind eyes, to bring forth the prisoner from the prison, them that sit in darkness out of the house of restraint.
BBETo give eyes to the blind, to make free the prisoners from the prison, to let out those who are shut up in the dark.
WebsterTo open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.

What does Isaiah 42:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. blind--spiritually (Is 42:16, 18, 19; Is 35:5; Joh 9:39). prison--(Is 61:1, 2). darkness--opposed to "light" (Is 42:6; Ep 5:8; 1Pe 2:9).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 To open the blind eyes - In this verse the prophet seems to set forth the spiritual redemption, under images borrowed from the temporal deliverance. Out of the prison house "And from the dungeon" - The Septuagint, Syriac, and four MSS., one ancient, add the conjunction ו vau, ומבית umibbeith, and from the house.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 42:5-12

The work of redemption brings back man to the obedience he owes to God as his Maker. Christ is the light of the world. And by his grace he opens the understandings Satan has blinded, and sets at liberty from the bondage of sin. The Lord has supported his church. And now he makes new promises, which shall as certainly be fulfilled as the old ones were. When the Gentiles are brought into the church, he is glorified in…

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Isaiah 42:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לִפְקֹ֖חַlif.Ko.achto openH6491
עֵינַ֣יִם'ei.Na.yimeyesH5869
עִוְר֑וֹתiv.RotblindH5787
לְהוֹצִ֤יאle.ho.Tzi'to bring outH3318
מִמַּסְגֵּר֙mi.mas.Gerfrom prisonH4525
אַסִּ֔יר'a.Sirprisoner[s]H616
מִבֵּ֥יתmi.Beitfrom a house ofH1004
כֶּ֖לֶאKe.le'imprisonmentH3608
יֹ֥שְׁבֵיYo.she.vei[those who] dwell ofH3427
חֹֽשֶׁךְ\׃Cho.shekhdarknessH2822

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 42:7

  • Ephesians 1:17-18

    That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

  • Isaiah 61:1

    The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

  • Isaiah 49:9

    That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

  • Isaiah 35:5

    Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

  • 2 Timothy 2:26

    And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

  • Hebrews 2:14-15

    Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

  • Matthew 11:5

    The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

  • Luke 4:18-21

    The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

  • Luke 24:45

    Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

  • 1 Peter 2:9

    But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

  • Isaiah 29:18

    And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.

  • John 9:39

    And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
open.
16; 29:18; 35:5; Ps 146:8; Mt 11:5; Lu 24:45; Joh 9:39; Ac 26:18
2Co 4:6; Eph 1:17,18; Re 3:18
to bring.
22; 9:2; 49:9; 61:1; Ps 107:10-16; 146:7; Zec 9:11,12; Lu 4:18-21
2Ti 2:26; Heb 2:14,15; 1Pe 2:9

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Context

  • Isaiah 42:6

    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;

  • Isaiah 42:7

    To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

  • Isaiah 42:8

    I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

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Isaiah 42:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Para que abras ojos de ciegos, para que saques de la cárcel á los presos, y de casas de prisión á los que están de asiento en tinieblas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
pour ouvrir les yeux aveugles, pour faire sortir de la prison le prisonnier, et du cachot ceux qui sont assis dans les ténèbres.
German
Elberfelder 1871
um blinde Augen aufzutun, um Gefangene aus dem Kerker herauszuführen, und aus dem Gefängnis, die in der Finsternis sitzen. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
ut aperires oculos cæcorum, et educeres de conclusione vinctum, de domo carceris sedentes in tenebris.