22And they shall look to the earth, and behold trouble and darkness, weakness and distress, and a mist following them, and they cannot fly away from their distress.


In Context

19 And when they shall say to you: Seek of pythons, and of diviners, who mutter in their enchantments: should not the people seek of their God, for the living of the dead?

20 To the law rather, and to the testimony. And if they speak not according to this word, they shall not have the morning light.

21 And they shall pass by it, they shall fall, and be hungry: and when they shall be hungry, they will be angry, and curse their king, and their God, and look upwards.

22 And they shall look to the earth, and behold trouble and darkness, weakness and distress, and a mist following them, and they cannot fly away from their distress.

Isaiah 8:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:22And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and [they shall be] driven to darkness.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:22Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:22and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness they shall be driven away.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:22and they will look to the earth; and behold, trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they shall be driven into thick darkness.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:22and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness they shall be driven away.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:22And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:22and look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:22And unto the land it looketh attentively, And lo, adversity and darkness! — Dimness, distress, and thick darkness is driven away, But not the dimness for which she is in distress!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:22And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.