Parallel Verses
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.
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.”
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 King James verseion
The watchman said, The morning comes, and also the night; if you will inquire, inquire, and come 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
Shamar
Layil
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 21:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oracle Regarding Dumah
11 The word about Edom. A voice comes to me from Seir, Watchman, how far gone is the night? how far gone is the night? 12 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. 13 The word about Arabia. In the thick woods of Arabia will be your night's resting-place, O travelling bands of Dedanites!
Cross References
Isaiah 17:14
In the evening there is fear, and in the morning they are gone. This is the fate of those who take our goods, and the reward of those who violently take our property for themselves.
Isaiah 55:7
Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.
Jeremiah 42:19-22
The Lord has said about you, O last of Judah, Go not into Egypt: be certain that I have given witness to you this day.
Jeremiah 50:27
Put all her oxen to the sword; let them go down to death: sorrow is theirs, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.
Ezekiel 7:5-7
This is what the Lord has said: An evil, even one evil; see, it is coming.
Ezekiel 7:10
See, the day; see, it is coming: the crowning time has gone out; the twisted way is flowering, pride has put out buds.
Ezekiel 7:12
The time has come, the day is near: let not him who gives a price for goods be glad, or him who gets the price have sorrow:
Ezekiel 14:1-6
Then certain of the responsible men of Israel came to me and took their seats before me.
Ezekiel 18:30-32
For this cause I will be your judge, O children of Israel, judging every man by his ways, says the Lord. Come back and be turned from all your sins; so that they may not be the cause of your falling into evil.
Acts 2:37-38
Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?
Acts 17:19-20
And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours?
Acts 17:30-32
Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart: