Parallel Verses English Standard Version The watchman says: “Morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; come back again.” King James Bible The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come. American Standard Version The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: turn ye, come. Douay-Rheims Bible The watchman said: The morning cometh, also the night: if you seek, seek: return, come. English Revised Version The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: turn ye, come. Webster's Bible Translation The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come. Isaiah 21:12 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentThe prophecy is continued with the conjunction "for" (ci). The tacit link in the train of thought is this: they act thus in Babylon, because the destruction of Babylon is determined. The form in which this thought is embodied is the following: the prophet receives instruction in the vision to set a metzappeh upon the watch-tower, who was to look out and see what more took place. "For thus said the Lord to me, Go, set a spy; what he seeth, let him declare." In other cases it is the prophet himself who stands upon the watch-tower (Isaiah 21:11; Habakkuk 2:1-2); but here in the vision a distinction is made between the prophet and the person whom he stations upon the watch-tower (specula). The prophet divides himself, as it were, into two persons (compare Isaiah 18:4 for the introduction; and for the expression "go," Isaiah 20:2). He now sees through the medium of a spy, just as Zechariah sees by means of the angel speaking in him; with this difference, however, that here the spy is the instrument employed by the prophet, whereas there the prophet is the instrument employed by the angel. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge the morning Ezekiel 7:5-7,10,12 Thus said the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come... if Cross References Isaiah 21:11 The oracle concerning Dumah. One is calling to me from Seir, "Watchman, what time of the night? Watchman, what time of the night?" Isaiah 21:13 The oracle concerning Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia you will lodge, O caravans of Dedanites. Obadiah 1:1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard a report from the LORD, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: "Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!" Jump to Previous Enquire Inquire Morning Night Questions Replies Turn WatchmanJump to Next Enquire Inquire Morning Night Questions Replies Turn WatchmanLinks Isaiah 21:12 NIVIsaiah 21:12 NLT Isaiah 21:12 ESV Isaiah 21:12 NASB Isaiah 21:12 KJV Isaiah 21:12 Bible Apps Isaiah 21:12 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 21:12 Chinese Bible Isaiah 21:12 French Bible Isaiah 21:12 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |