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


In Context

17 And I have waited for Jehovah, Who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob, And I have looked for Him.

18 Lo, I, and the children whom Jehovah hath given to me, Are for signs and for wonders in Israel, From Jehovah of Hosts, who is dwelling in Mount Zion.

19 And when they say unto you, 'Seek unto those having familiar spirits, And unto wizards, who chatter and mutter, Doth not a people seek unto its God? — For the living unto the dead!

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

21 — And it hath passed over into it, hardened and hungry, And it hath come to pass, That it is hungry, and hath been wroth, And made light of its king, and of its God, And hath looked upwards.

22 And 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!

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 English Revised 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 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 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.