Isaiah 42:16

42:16 I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; ¹ 

I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. ² 

I will turn the darkness in front of them into light,

and level out the rough ground. ³ 

This is what I will do for them.

I will not abandon them.

Genesis 28:15

28:15 I am with you! ⁴  I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!”

Psalms 94:14

94:14 Certainly ⁵  the Lord does not forsake his people;

he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him. ⁶ 

Hebrews 13:5-6

13:5 Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.” ⁷  13:6 So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, and ⁸  I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “a way they do not know” (so NASB); NRSV “a road they do not know.”

² tn Heb “in paths they do not know I will make them walk.”

³ tn Heb “and the rough ground into a level place.”

⁴ tn Heb “Look, I [am] with you.” The clause is a nominal clause; the verb to be supplied could be present (as in the translation) or future, “Look, I [will be] with you” (cf. NEB).

⁵ tn Or “for.”

⁶ tn Or “his inheritance.”

⁷ sn A quotation from Deut 31:6, 8.

⁸ tc Some important mss (א* C* P 0285^vid 33 1175 1739 pc lat) lack καί (kai), but because the omission conforms to the wording of Ps 118:6 (117:6 LXX), it is suspect.

⁹ sn A quotation from Ps 118:6.