Isaiah 8:22New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Then they will look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and [they will be] driven away into darkness.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and [they shall be] driven to darkness.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— 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.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and [they shall be] driven to darkness.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— and they will look to the earth; and behold, trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they shall be driven into thick darkness.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And, unto the land, shall they look hard, And lo! distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, driven away!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 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!
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And they shall look to the earth, and behold trouble and darkness, weakness and distress, and a mist following them, and they cannot fly away from their distress.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And when he shall looke to the earth, beholde trouble, and darkenes, vexation and anguish, and he is driuen to darkenes.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And they shall looke vnto the earth: and behold trouble and darkenesse, dimnesse of anguish; and they shall be driuen to darkenesse.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, tribulation and dimness shall scatter them; but he shall not afflict him who is in distress as in the former time.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— and they shall look on the earth below, and behold severe distress, and darkness, affliction, and anguish, and darkness so that [one cannot] see;
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and [they shall be] driven to darkness. |
And they shall look
5027 {5027} Primeנָבַטnabat{naw-bat'}
A primitive root; to scan, that is, look intently at; by implication to regard with pleasure, favor or care.
z8686 <8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 4046
unto
x413 (0413) Complementאֵל'el{ale}
(Used only in the shortened constructive form (the second form)); a primitive particle, properly denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, that is, near, with or among; often in general, to.
the earth;
776 {0776} Primeאֶרֶץ'erets{eh'-rets}
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).
and behold
x2009 (2009) Complementהִנֵּהhinneh{hin-nay'}
Prolonged for H2005; lo!.
trouble
6869 {6869} Primeצָרָהtsarah{tsaw-raw'}
Feminine of H6862; tightness (that is, figuratively trouble); transitively a female rival.
and darkness,
2825 {2825} Primeחֲשֵׁכָהchashekah{khash-ay-kaw'}
From H2821; darkness; figuratively misery.
dimness
4588 {4588} Primeמָעוּףma`uwph{maw-off'}
From H5774 in the sense of covering with shade (compare H4155); darkness.
of anguish;
6695 {6695} Primeצוֹקtsowq{tsoke}
From H6693; a strait, that is, (figuratively) distress.
and [ they shall be] driven
5080 {5080} Primeנָדַחnadach{naw-dakh'}
A primitive root; to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.).
z8794 <8794> Grammar
Stem - Pual (See H8849) Mood - Participle (See H8813) Count - 194
to darkness.
653 {0653} Primeאֲפֵלָה'aphelah{af-ay-law'}
Feminine of H0651; duskiness, figuratively misfortune; concretely concealment. |
Isaiah 8:22
Earth — Finding no help from heaven, they turn their eyes downward, looking hither and thither for comfort. |
Isaiah 8:22
And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and (c) darkness, dimness of anguish; and [they shall be] driven to darkness.
(c) They will think that heaven and earth and all creatures are bent against them to trouble them. |
- look:
Isaiah 5:30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if [one] look unto the land, behold darkness [and] sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
Isaiah 9:1 Nevertheless the dimness [shall] not [be] such as [was] in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict [her by] the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
2 Chronicles 15:5-6 And in those times [there was] no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations [were] upon all the inhabitants of the countries. ... And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
Jeremiah 13:16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, [and] make [it] gross darkness.
Jeremiah 30:6-7 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? ... Alas! for that day [is] great, so that none [is] like it: it [is] even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
Amos 5:18-20 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end [is] it for you? the day of the LORD [is] darkness, and not light. ... [Shall] not the day of the LORD [be] darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Zephaniah 1:14-15 The great day of the LORD [is] near, [it is] near, and hasteth greatly, [even] the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. ... That day [is] a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
Matthew 8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Luke 21:25-26 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; ... Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Jude 1:13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
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- driven to darkness:
Job 18:18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Proverbs 14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Jeremiah 23:12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery [ways] in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, [even] the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
Matthew 22:13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast [him] into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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