Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
The watchman said, The morning comes, and also the night; if you will inquire, inquire, and come again.
New American Standard Bible
“Morning comes but also night.
If you would inquire, inquire;
Come back again.”
King James Version
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come.
Holman Bible
“Morning has come, and also night.
If you want to ask, ask!
Come back again.”
International Standard Version
The watchman replies: "Morning is coming, but also the night. If you want to ask, then ask; come back again.'"
A Conservative Version
The watchman said, The morning comes, and also the night. If ye will inquire, inquire ye; turn ye back, come.
American Standard Version
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: turn ye, come.
Amplified
The watchman says,
“The morning comes [only briefly], but also [comes] the night [of Babylonian oppression].
If you would ask [of me then], ask [again, if Edom really wishes to know];
Come back again.”
Bible in Basic English
The watchman says, The morning has come, but night is still to come: if you have questions to put, put them, and come back again.
Darby Translation
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire; return, come.
Julia Smith Translation
The watch said, I will mark out morning, and also night; if ye will seek, seek ye: turn back, come.
King James 2000
The watchman said, The morning comes, and also the night: if you will inquire, inquire you: return, come.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] watchman says, "Morning comes, and also [the] night. If you will inquire, inquire; {come back again}."
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The watchman answered, "The morning cometh, and so doth the night. If ye will ask any question, then ask it, return and come again."
NET Bible
The watchman replies, "Morning is coming, but then night. If you want to ask, ask; come back again."
New Heart English Bible
The watchman said, "The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again."
The Emphasized Bible
Said the watchman, There cometh a morning. But also a night, - If ye will enquire, enquire, ye - Come, again!
Webster
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come.
World English Bible
The watchman said, "The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again."
Youngs Literal Translation
The watchman hath said, 'Come hath morning, and also night, If ye inquire, inquire ye, turn back, come.'
Themes
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Prophecy concerning seir
Interlinear
Layil
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 21:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oracle Regarding Dumah
11 The burden against Dumah: He 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, and come again. 13 The burden against Arabia: You shall stay in the forest of Arabia, O traveling companies of Dedanites.
Cross References
Isaiah 17:14
At evening time, behold, terror! Before the morning, he is not! This is the lot of those who plunder us, and the lot of those who rob us.
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Jehovah, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
Jeremiah 42:19-22
Jehovah has said concerning you, O remnant of Judah, Do not go into Egypt. Know certainly that I have warned you this day.
Jeremiah 50:27
Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their punishment.
Ezekiel 7:5-7
So says the Lord Jehovah: An evil: Behold, an only evil has come!
Ezekiel 7:10
Behold the day! Behold, it has come; the encirclement has gone out; the rod has blossomed; pride has budded.
Ezekiel 7:12
The time has come; the day has arrived. Let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is on all her multitude.
Ezekiel 14:1-6
And some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.
Ezekiel 18:30-32
So I will judge you, O house of Israel, each one of you according to his ways, says the Lord Jehovah. Turn and be made to turn from all your sins; and iniquity shall not be your stumbling-block.
Acts 2:37-38
And hearing this, they were stabbed in the heart, and said to Peter and to the other apostles, Men, brothers, what shall we do?
Acts 17:19-20
And taking hold of him, they led him to the Areopagus, saying, Are we able to know what is this new doctrine of which you speak?
Acts 17:30-32
Truly, then, God overlooking the times of ignorance, now He strictly commands all men everywhere to repent,