New International Version (NIV)
2The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of deep darkness
a light has dawned.
Isaiah 9:2
Isaiah 9:2 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
2 9:2 Ch 9:1 in HebThe people who walk in darkness
Will see a great light;
Those who live in a dark land,
The light will shine on them.
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
2The people who walk in darkness
Will see a great light;
Those who live in a dark land,
The light will shine on them.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
2The people who walk in [spiritual] darkness
9:2 Or have seen, Hebrew perfect tense. The perfect tense is used frequently in this passage and should probably be interpreted as the prophetic future, that is, the use of the perfect (past) tense to describe a future event as a certainty.Will see a great Light;
Those who live in the dark land,
The Light will shine on them. [Is 42:6; Matt 4:15, 16]
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
2The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death,
a light has dawned.9:2 Cited in Matthew 4:15–16
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
2The people who are now living in darkness
will see a great light.
They are now living in a very dark land.
But a light will shine on them.