Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
They will wander through the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged, and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.
New American Standard Bible
They will pass through
King James Version
And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
International Standard Version
"They'll pass through the land, while greatly distressed and hungry. When they are hungry, they'll become enraged, and they'll curse their king and their god. They'll turn their faces upwards,
A Conservative Version
And they shall pass through it, greatly distressed and hungry. And it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward.
American Standard Version
And they shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:
Amplified
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.
Bible in Basic English
And he will go through the land in bitter trouble and in need of food; and when he is unable to get food, he will become angry, cursing his king and his God, and his eyes will be turned to heaven on high;
Darby Translation
And they shall pass through it, hard pressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass when they are hungry, they will fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and will gaze upward:
Julia Smith Translation
And passing through it, harshly oppressed and hungry; and it was when he shall be hungry, and they brake forth and cursed against their king and their God, and looked upwards.
King James 2000
And they shall pass through it, hardpressed and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall be enraged, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And it will pass through it distressed and hungry, and this shall happen: when it is hungry, it will be enraged, and it will curse its king and its gods, and it will face upwar
Modern King James verseion
And they shall pass through it, hard-pressed and hungry; and it shall be, they shall be hungry; They shall rave and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If he do not this, he stumbleth and suffereth hunger. And if he suffer hunger, he is out of patience, and blasphemeth his king and his God. Then looketh he upward, and downward to the earth,
NET Bible
They will pass through the land destitute and starving. Their hunger will make them angry, and they will curse their king and their God as they look upward.
New Heart English Bible
They will pass through it, greatly distressed and hungry; and it will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse by their king and by their God. They will turn their faces upward,
The Emphasized Bible
Therefore shall they pass through it hard pressed and hungry, - And it shall be when they hunger, then will they rage and revile their king and their god and turn their faces upwards;
Webster
And they shall pass through it, distressed and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
World English Bible
They will pass through it, very distressed and hungry; and it will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse by their king and by their God. They will turn their faces upward,
Youngs Literal Translation
-- And it hath passed over into it, hardened and hungry, And it hath come to pass, That it is hungry, and hath been wroth, And made light of its king, and of its God, And hath looked upwards.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 8:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Darkness Turns To Light
20
To the law and to the testimony!
Cross References
Isaiah 9:20
but they are still hungry;
they have eaten on the left,
but they are still not satisfied.
Each one eats the flesh of his own arm.
Exodus 22:28
“You must not blaspheme God
Deuteronomy 28:33-34
A people you don’t know will eat your land’s produce and everything you have labored for. You will only be oppressed and crushed continually.
Deuteronomy 28:53-57
“You will eat your children,
2 Kings 6:33
While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger
2 Kings 25:3
By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the people of the land had no food.
Job 1:11
But stretch out Your hand and strike
Job 2:5
But stretch out Your hand and strike
Job 2:9
His wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
Proverbs 19:3
yet his heart rages against the Lord.
Isaiah 8:7-8
the mighty rushing waters of the Euphrates River—
the king of Assyria and all his glory.
It will overflow its channels
and spill over all its banks.
Jeremiah 14:18
look—those slain by the sword!
If I enter the city,
look—those ill
For both prophet and priest
travel to a land they do not know.
Jeremiah 52:6
By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the people of the land had no food.
Lamentations 4:4-5
ד Dalet
clings to the roof of his mouth from thirst.
Little children beg for bread,
but no one gives them any.
Lamentations 4:9-10
ט Tet
than those slain by hunger,
who waste away, pierced with pain
because the fields lack produce.
Revelation 9:20-21
The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands to stop worshiping demons
Revelation 16:9-11
and people were burned by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God,