Isaiah 8:20
Isaiah chapter 8 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
KJV
King James Version · 1611To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
Context
v.19And 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?
v.20This passage
v.21And they shall pass through it, sore distressed 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:
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 22:29
But Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
- 2 Timothy 3:15
and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
- 2 Peter 1:19
And we have the word of prophecy made more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:
- Luke 10:26
And he said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
- Romans 1:22
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
- Micah 3:6
Therefore it shall be night unto you, that ye shall have no vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them.