20To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.


In Context

17 And I will wait for the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living should they seek unto the dead?

20 To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for 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 by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward.

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

Isaiah 8:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:20To the law rather, and to the testimony. And if they speak not according to this word, they shall not have the morning light.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:20To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:20To the law and the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, for them there is no daybreak.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:20Turn to the law and to the testimony! If they don't speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:20To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, 'That there is no dawn to it.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.