Isaiah 8:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Isaiah 8:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 8:21 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 8:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“They will pass through it, very distressed and hungry. It will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse their king and their God. They will turn their faces upward,”
Isaiah 8:21 — World English Bible
Isaiah 8:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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: ”
Isaiah 8:21 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 8:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“--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.”
Isaiah 8:21 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 8:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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 theirGod, and will gaze upward: ”
Isaiah 8:21 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 8:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then he that is afflicted and famished, shall go to and from in it: and when he shalbe hungry, he shall euen freat himselfe, and curse his King and his gods, and shall looke vpward.”
Isaiah 8:21 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 8:21 in Context — Isaiah 8
19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
21 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.
22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
What Does Isaiah 8:21 Mean?
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