Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

The oracle on Dumah: Unto me, is one crying - out of Seir, Watchman! how far gone is the night? Watchman, how far gone is the night?

New American Standard Bible

The oracle concerning Edom.
One keeps calling to me from Seir,
“Watchman, how far gone is the night?
Watchman, how far gone is the night?”

King James Version

The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

Holman Bible

An oracle against Dumah:

One calls to me from Seir,
“Watchman, what is left of the night?
Watchman, what is left of the night?”

International Standard Version

A message concerning Dumah. "Someone is calling to me from Seir: "Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?'

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

The burden of Dumah. One calleth unto me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

Amplified

The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning Dumah (Edom):

Someone keeps calling to me from Seir (Edom),
“Watchman, what is left of the night [of Assyrian oppression]?
Watchman, what is left of the night? [How long until morning?]”

Bible in Basic English

The word about Edom. A voice comes to me from Seir, Watchman, how far gone is the night? how far gone is the night?

Darby Translation

The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

Julia Smith Translation

The burden of Dumah. He called to me from Seir, Watch, what of the night? watch, what of the night?

King James 2000

The burden concerning Dumah. He calls to me from Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

Lexham Expanded Bible

The oracle of Dumah: [One is] calling to me from Seir, "Watchman, what {of} [the] night? Watchman, what {of} [the] night?"

Modern King James verseion

The burden against Dumah: He calls to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The heavy burden of Dumah. He calleth unto me, out of of Seir, "Watchman, what hast thou espied by night? Watchman, what hast thou espied by night?"

NET Bible

Here is a message about Dumah: Someone calls to me from Seir, "Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?"

New Heart English Bible

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

Webster

The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

The burden of Dumah. Unto me is one calling from Seir 'Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
משּׂא 
Massa' 
Usage: 65

of Dumah
דּוּמה 
Duwmah 
Usage: 4

He calleth
קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

to me out of Seir
שׂעיר 
Se`iyr 
Usage: 39

שׁמר 
Shamar 
Usage: 468

what of the night
לילה ליל ליל 
Layil 
Usage: 233

שׁמר 
Shamar 
Usage: 468

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Oracle Regarding Dumah

10 O thou My threshing! And the grain of my corn-floor! That which I have heard from Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, Have I declared, unto you. 11 The oracle on Dumah: Unto me, is one crying - out of Seir, Watchman! how far gone is the night? Watchman, how far gone is the night? 12 Said the watchman, There cometh a morning. But also a night, - If ye will enquire, enquire, ye - Come, again!

Cross References

Genesis 25:14

and Mishma and Dumah, and Massa;

1 Chronicles 1:30

Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema;

Genesis 32:3

Then did Jacob send messengers before him unto Esau his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

Numbers 24:18

So Edom hath become a possession, Yea a possession is Seir to his foes, - But, Israel, is doing valiantly;

Deuteronomy 2:5

do not engage in strife with them, for I will not give you of their land, so much as place for the tread of a foot-sole, - for as a possession to Esau, have I given Mount Seir.

Psalm 137:7

Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem, - how they continued to say - Overthrow! Overthrow! unto the foundation within it.

Isaiah 21:6

For, thus, hath My Lord said unto me, - Go, set the watchman, What he seeth, let him tell!

Isaiah 34:1-17

Come near ye nations to hear, And, ye races, attend, - Let the earth hear, and the fulness thereof, The world and all things produced therefrom:

Isaiah 63:1-6

Who is this coming in from Edom With bright-red garments, from Bozrah? This made splendid in his raiment, Marching on in the greatness of his strength? I, speaking in righteousness, Mighty to save.

Jeremiah 37:17

then sent King Zedekiah - and fetched him, and the king asked him, in his own house secretly, and said, - Is there a word from Yahweh? And Jeremiah said, - There is, for (said he), Into the hand of the king of Babylon, shalt thou be delivered!

Jeremiah 49:7-22

Of Edom - Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Hath counsel perished from the discerning? Is their wisdom corrupt?

Ezekiel 35:1-15

And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying,

Joel 3:19

Egypt, to a desolation, shall be turned, and, Edom, to a desert most desolate, shall be changed, - because of the violence done to the sons of Judah, in that they shed innocent blood in their land.

Amos 1:6

Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Gaza, and because of four, will I not turn it back, - Because of their taking into exile the whole body of exiles, to deliver to Edom,

Amos 1:11-12

Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Edom, and because of four, will I not turn it back, - Because he pursued, with the sword, his brother, and stifled his compassions, and his anger tare in pieces evermore, and, his indignation, kept watch perpetually,

Obadiah 1:1-16

The vision of Obadiah, - Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, concerning Edom - A rumour, have we heard from Yahweh, and, a herald, throughout the nations, hath been sent, Up! and let us rise against her to war.

Malachi 1:2-4

I have loved you, saith Yahweh, and yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Is not Esau, brother, to Jacob? enquireth Yahweh, Yet have I loved Jacob,

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