Parallel Verses
NET Bible
The watchman replies, "Morning is coming, but then night. If you want to ask, ask; 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.”
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."
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 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?" 12 The watchman replies, "Morning is coming, but then night. If you want to ask, ask; come back again." 13 Here is a message about Arabia: In the thicket of Arabia you spend the night, you Dedanite caravans.
Cross References
Isaiah 17:14
In the evening there is sudden terror; by morning they vanish. This is the fate of those who try to plunder us, the destiny of those who try to loot us!
Isaiah 55:7
The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the Lord, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.
Jeremiah 42:19-22
"The Lord has told you people who remain in Judah, 'Do not go to Egypt.' Be very sure of this: I warn you here and now.
Jeremiah 50:27
Kill all her soldiers! Let them be slaughtered! They are doomed, for their day of reckoning has come, the time for them to be punished."
Ezekiel 7:5-7
"This is what the sovereign Lord says: A disaster -- a one-of-a-kind disaster -- is coming!
Ezekiel 7:10
"Look, the day! Look, it is coming! Doom has gone out! The staff has budded, pride has blossomed!
Ezekiel 7:12
The time has come; the day has struck! The customer should not rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for divine wrath comes against their whole crowd.
Ezekiel 14:1-6
Then some men from Israel's elders came to me and sat down in front of me.
Ezekiel 18:30-32
"Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity.
Acts 2:37-38
Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "What should we do, brothers?"
Acts 17:19-20
So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?
Acts 17:30-32
Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,