Parallel Verses
Amplified
[Direct those people] to the law and to the testimony! If their teachings are not in accord with this word, it is because they have no dawn.
New American Standard Bible
To the
King James Version
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Holman Bible
To the law and to the testimony!
International Standard Version
for instruction and for testimony? Surely they are speaking like this because the truth hasn't dawned on them.
A Conservative Version
[Seek] to the law and to the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
American Standard Version
To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
Bible in Basic English
Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ... If they do not say such things. ... For him there is no dawn. ...
Darby Translation
To the law and the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, for them there is no daybreak.
Julia Smith Translation
To the law and to the testimony if they will not speak according to this word, because no morning is in them.
King James 2000
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
for teaching and for testimony?" {surely they [who] speak like this have no dawn}.
Modern King James verseion
To the Law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this Word, it is because no light is in them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If any man want light, let him look upon the law and the testimony whether they speak not after this meaning.
NET Bible
Then you must recall the Lord's instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.
New Heart English Bible
Turn to the law and to the testimony. If they do not speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
The Emphasized Bible
To the law and to the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, It is , because they have no dawning day.
Webster
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
World English Bible
Turn to the law and to the testimony! If they don't speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
Youngs Literal Translation
To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, 'That there is no dawn to it.'
Themes
false Doctrines » Try, by scripture
The scriptures » Everything should be tried by
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 8:20
Prayers for Isaiah 8:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Darkness Turns To Light
19 When the people [instead of trusting God] say to you, “Consult the mediums [who try to talk to the dead] and the soothsayers who chirp and whisper and mutter,” should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living? 20 [Direct those people] to the law and to the testimony! If their teachings are not in accord with this word, it is because they have no dawn. 21 They [who consult mediums and soothsayers] will pass through the land deeply distressed and hungry, and when they are hungry, they will become enraged and will curse their king and their God as they look upward.
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Names
Cross References
Micah 3:6
Therefore it will be night (tragedy) for you—without vision,
And darkness (cataclysm) for you—without foresight.
The sun shall go down on the [false] prophets,
And the day shall become dark and black over them.
2 Peter 1:19
So we have the prophetic word made more certain. You do well to pay [close] attention to it as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and light breaks through the gloom and the
Isaiah 8:16
Bind up the testimony, seal the law and the teaching among my (Isaiah’s) disciples.
Psalm 19:7-8
The law of the Lord is perfect (flawless), restoring and refreshing the soul;
The statutes of the Lord are reliable and trustworthy, making wise the simple.
Psalm 119:130
The unfolding of Your [glorious] words give light;
Their unfolding gives understanding to the simple (childlike).
Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the just (righteous) is like the light of dawn,
That shines brighter and brighter until [it reaches its full strength and glory in] the perfect day.
Isaiah 1:10
Hear the word of the Lord [rulers of Jerusalem],
You rulers of [another] Sodom,
Listen to the law and instruction of our God,
You people of [another] Gomorrah.
Isaiah 30:8-11
Now, go, write it on a tablet before them
And inscribe it on a scroll,
So that it may serve in the time to come
As a witness [against them] forevermore.
Jeremiah 8:9
“The wise men are shamed,
They are dismayed and caught.
Behold, they have [manipulated and] rejected the [truth in the] word of the Lord,
And what kind of wisdom and insight do they have?
Hosea 6:3
“So let us know and become personally acquainted with Him; let us press on to know and understand fully the [greatness of the] Lord [to honor, heed, and deeply cherish Him].
His appearing is prepared and is as certain as the dawn,
And He will come to us [in salvation] like the [heavy] rain,
Like the spring rain watering the earth.”
Malachi 4:2
But for you who fear My name [with awe-filled reverence] the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go forward and leap [joyfully] like calves [released] from the stall.
Matthew 6:23
Matthew 22:29
But Jesus replied to them,
Mark 7:7-9
Luke 10:26
Jesus said to him,
Luke 16:29-31
John 5:39
John 5:46-47
Acts 17:11
Now these people were more noble and open-minded than those in Thessalonica, so they received the message [of salvation through faith in the Christ] with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
Romans 1:22
Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
Galatians 3:8-29
The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the good news [of the Savior] to Abraham in advance [with this promise], saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.”
Galatians 4:21-22
Tell me, you who are bent on being under the Law, do you not listen to [what] the Law [really says]?
2 Timothy 3:15-17
and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings (Hebrew Scriptures) which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus [surrendering your entire self to Him and having absolute confidence in His wisdom, power and goodness].
2 Peter 1:9
For whoever lacks these qualities is blind—shortsighted [closing his spiritual eyes to the truth], having become oblivious to the fact that he was cleansed from his old sins.