Isaiah 8:20
Isaiah 8:19-22 The Message (MSG)
When people tell you, “Try out the fortunetellers. Consult the spiritualists. Why not tap into the spirit-world, get in touch with the dead?” Tell them, “No, we’re going to study the Scriptures.” People who try the other ways get nowhere—a dead end! Frustrated and famished, they try one thing after another. When nothing works out they get angry, cursing first this god and then that one, Looking this way and that, up, down, and sideways—and seeing nothing, A blank wall, an empty hole. They end up in the dark with nothing.
Isaiah 8:20 King James Version (KJV)
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Isaiah 8:20 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.
Isaiah 8:20 New Century Version (NCV)
You should follow the teachings and the agreement with the LORD. The mediums and fortune-tellers do not speak the word of the LORD, so their words are worth nothing.
Isaiah 8:20 American Standard Version (ASV)
To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
Isaiah 8:20 New International Version (NIV)
Consult God’s instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
Isaiah 8:20 New King James Version (NKJV)
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Isaiah 8:20 Amplified Bible (AMP)
[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.
Isaiah 8:20 New Living Translation (NLT)
Look to God’s instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark.