King James Version
Isaiah 42:7 in the King James Version says “To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison hous...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 42 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
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;
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“To open”
H6491to open (the senses, especially the eyes); figuratively, to be observant
“eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“to bring out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“from the prison”
H4525a fastener, i.e., (of a person) a smith, (of a thing) a prison
“house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“and them that sit”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
“in darkness”
H2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
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