Isaiah 21:12

In 11 translations

BSB

The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”

KJV

The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.

WEB

The watchman said, “The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again.”

ASV

The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: turn ye, come.

LSV

The watchman has said, “Morning has come, and also night, || If you inquire, inquire, return, come.”

YLT

The watchman hath said, 'Come hath morning, and also night, If ye inquire, inquire ye, turn back, come.'

DBY

The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire; return, come.

DRC

The watchman said: The morning cometh, also the night: if you seek, seek: return, come.

GNV

The watchman saide, The morning commeth, and also the night. If yee will aske, enquire: returne and come.

JPS

The watchman said: 'The morning cometh, and also the night — if ye will inquire, inquire ye; return, come.'

LXXE

I watch in the morning and the night: if thou wouldest enquire, enquire, and dwell by me.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אָמַ֣ר שֹׁמֵ֔ר אָתָ֥ה בֹ֖קֶר וְגַם־לָ֑יְלָה אִם־תִּבְעָי֥וּן בְּעָ֖יוּ שֻׁ֥בוּ אֵתָֽיוּ׃

LXX-Br

Φυλάσσω τοπρωῒ καὶ τὴν νύκτα· ἐὰν ζητῇς ζήτει, καὶ παρʼ ἐμοὶ οἴκει,

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Cross-references most cited first

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• Acts 2:37–38When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the…
• Ezekiel 7:12The time has come; the day has arrived. Let the buyer not rejoice and the seller not mourn, for wrath is upon the whole multitude.
• Ezekiel 14:1–6Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me. And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces.…
• Jeremiah 42:19–22The LORD has told you, O remnant of Judah, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Know for sure that I have warned you today! For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our…
• Isaiah 17:14In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.
• Ezekiel 18:30–32Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. Cast away from…
• Acts 17:19–20So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what…
• Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
• Ezekiel 7:5–7This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Disaster! An unprecedented disaster — behold, it is coming! The end has come! The end has come! It has roused itself against you. Behold, it has come! Doom has come to you, O…
• Ezekiel 7:10Behold, the day is here! It has come! Doom has gone out, the rod has budded, arrogance has bloomed.
• Jeremiah 50:27Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come— the time of their punishment.

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