12The watchman replies, "Morning is coming, but also the night. If you would ask, then ask; and come back yet again."


In Context

9 Look, here comes a man in a chariot with a team of horses. And he gives back the answer: 'Babylon has fallen, has fallen! All the images of its gods lie shattered on the ground!' "

10 O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the Lord Almighty, from the God of Israel.

11 An oracle concerning Dumah : Someone calls to me from Seir, "Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?"

12 The watchman replies, "Morning is coming, but also the night. If you would ask, then ask; and come back yet again."

13 An oracle concerning Arabia: You caravans of Dedanites, who camp in the thickets of Arabia,

14 bring water for the thirsty; you who live in Tema, bring food for the fugitives.

Isaiah 21:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:12The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:12The watchman said: The morning cometh, also the night: if you seek, seek: return, come.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:12The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: turn ye, come.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:12The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire; return, come.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:12The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: turn ye, come.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:12The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:12The watchman said, |The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:12The watchman hath said, 'Come hath morning, and also night, If ye inquire, inquire ye, turn back, come.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:12The watchman said, The morning comes, and also the night: if you will inquire, inquire you: return, come.