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


In Context

9 Behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs.| He answered, |Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the engraved images of her gods are broken to the ground.

10 You are my threshing, and the grain of my floor!| That which I have heard from Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.

11 The burden of Dumah. One calls to me out of Seir, |Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?|

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

13 The burden on Arabia. In the forest in Arabia you will lodge, you caravans of Dedanites.

14 They brought water to him who was thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema met the fugitives with their bread.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:12The watchman replies, "Morning is coming, but also the night. If you would ask, then ask; and come back yet again."

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 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.