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!


In Context

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 8:22 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 English Revised 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 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 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.