Parallel Verses
King James Version
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come.
New American Standard Bible
“Morning comes but also night.
If you would inquire, inquire;
Come back again.”
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 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
Layil
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 21:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oracle Regarding Dumah
11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? 12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come. 13 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
Cross References
Isaiah 17:14
And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Jeremiah 42:19-22
The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day.
Jeremiah 50:27
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
Ezekiel 7:5-7
Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
Ezekiel 7:10
Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
Ezekiel 7:12
The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
Ezekiel 14:1-6
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
Ezekiel 18:30-32
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Acts 2:37-38
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
Acts 17:19-20
And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
Acts 17:30-32
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: