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.


In Context

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 8:22 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:22And 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.

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 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.