Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Then they will
King James Version
And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
Holman Bible
They will look toward the earth
International Standard Version
or they'll look toward the earth, but they'll see only distress and darkness, the gloom that comes from anguish, and then they'll be thrown into total darkness."
A Conservative Version
And they shall look to the earth, and, behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, and into thick darkness [to be] driven away.
American Standard Version
and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness they shall be driven away.
Amplified
Then they will look to the earth, they will see only distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be driven away into darkness and overwhelming night.
Bible in Basic English
And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.
Darby Translation
and they will look to the earth; and behold, trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they shall be driven into thick darkness.
Julia Smith Translation
And they shall look to the earth, and behold, straits and darkness and fainting of distress; and to darkness being removed.
King James 2000
And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they shall be driven into darkness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
or look to [the] earth. But look! Distress and darkness, [the] gloom of affliction! And [it will be] thrust [into] darkness!
Modern King James verseion
And they shall look to the land; and behold, trouble and darkness and gloom of anguish! And they are driven away into darkness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and behold, there is trouble and darkness; vexation is round about him, and the cloud of error. And out of such adversity, shall he not escape.
NET Bible
When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.
New Heart English Bible
and look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.
The Emphasized Bible
And unto the land, shall they look hard, And lo! distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, driven away!
Webster
And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
World English Bible
and look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.
Youngs Literal Translation
And unto the land it looketh attentively, And lo, adversity and darkness! -- Dimness, distress, and thick darkness is driven away, But not the dimness for which she is in distress!
Themes
Adversity » Sometimes the result of sin and folly
Darkness » Illustrative of » Heavy afflictions
Punishment of the The Wicked » In this life by » Trouble and distress
Interlinear
Nabat
'erets
Tsarah
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 8:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Darkness Turns To Light
21
They will pass through the land when they are hard-pressed (destressed) and hungry. When they are hungry, they will be furious. Then they will look up and curse their king and God.
22 Then they will
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 5:30
In that day they will roar over their prey as the sea roars. If they look at the land, they will see only darkness and distress. Thick clouds will darken even the light.
Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to Jehovah your God before he brings darkness and before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You hope for light. He makes it into deep darkness and turns it into gloom.
Zephaniah 1:14-15
The great Day of Jehovah is near. It is near and coming quickly. Listen! The mighty man will cry out bitterly on the Day of Jehovah.
2 Chronicles 15:5-6
No one could come and go in peace at that time. This is because everyone living in the land had a lot of turmoil.
Job 18:18
He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.
Isaiah 8:20
They should go to the teachings and to the written instructions. If people do not speak these words, it is because there is no light (truth) in them.
Isaiah 9:1
There will be no more gloom for those who were suffering. In the past he humiliated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali. But in the future he will honor Galilee of the Nations, by the way of the sea, along the Jordan.
Jeremiah 23:12
That is why their own way will become like a slippery path in the dark. They will be chased away, and they will fall down in the dark. I will bring disaster on them. It is time for them to be punished, proclaims Jehovah.
Jeremiah 30:6-7
Ask now and see: Can a man give birth to a child? Why, then, do I see every strong man holding his stomach in pain like a woman giving birth to a child? Why has every face turned pale?
Amos 5:18-20
Woe to you who desire the day of Jehovah! What will the day of Jehovah mean to you? It is darkness, and not light.
Matthew 8:12
but the sons of the kingdom will be cast forth into the outer darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 22:13
The king gave orders for that person to be tied hand and foot and thrown outside into the dark. That is where people will cry and grind their teeth in pain.
Matthew 24:29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened. The moon will not give light. The stars will fall from heaven. The powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Luke 21:25-26
There will be signs in sun and moon and stars. The earth will experience distress of nations in disarray for the roaring of the sea and the waves.
Jude 1:13
They are wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame. They are wandering stars, for which the black darkness has been reserved forever.