Luke 1:79

give light to. shine upon.

the shadow of death.. Hebraism. Zalmaveth. Job 10:21; Job 38:17; Psalms 23:4; Psalms 107:10; Isaiah 9:2.Matthew 4:16, &c.

guide. direct. Wycliffe has "dress", through the O. French dresser = to arrange, still preserved as an English military term.

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⁷⁹ To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

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Luke 1:79