Isaiah 8:20-22
New King James Version
20 (A)To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because (B)there[a] is no light in them.
21 They will pass through it hard-pressed and hungry; and it shall happen, when they are hungry, that they will be enraged and (C)curse [b]their king and their God, and look upward. 22 Then they will look to the earth, and see trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they will be driven into darkness.
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- Isaiah 8:20 Or they have no dawn
- Isaiah 8:21 Or by their king and by their God
Isaiah 8:20-22
New American Standard Bible
20 To the [a](A)Law and to the testimony! If they do not speak in accordance with this word, it is because (B)they have no dawn. 21 They will pass through [b]the land (C)dejected and hungry, and it will turn out that when they are hungry, they will become enraged and curse [c]their king and their God as they face upward. 22 Then they will (D)look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be (E)driven away into darkness.
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- Isaiah 8:20 Or teaching
- Isaiah 8:21 Lit it
- Isaiah 8:21 Or by their king
Isaiah 8:20-22
Amplified Bible
20 [Direct those people] to the law and to the testimony! If their teachings are not in accord with this word, it is because they have no dawn. 21 They [who consult mediums and soothsayers] will pass through the land deeply distressed and hungry, and when they are hungry, they will become enraged and will curse their king and their God as they look upward. 22 Then they will look to the earth, they will see only distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be driven away into darkness and overwhelming night.
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Isaiah 8:20-22
New International Version
20 Consult God’s instruction(A) and the testimony of warning.(B) If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light(C) of dawn. 21 Distressed and hungry,(D) they will roam through the land;(E) when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse(F) their king and their God. 22 Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom,(G) and they will be thrust into utter darkness.(H)
Isaiah 8:20-22
King James Version
20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
21 And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
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