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Isaiah 21:12
The watchman hath said, `Come hath morning, and also night, If ye inquire, inquire ye, turn back, come.'
Isaiah 21:12 · Young's Literal Translation
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Isaiah 21:12 in other translations
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”
The watchman said, “The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again.”
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In context
9 And lo, this, the chariot of a man is coming, A couple of horsemen.' And he answereth and saith: `Fallen, fallen hath Babylon, And all the graven images of her gods He hath broken to the earth.
10 O my threshing, and the son of my floor, That which I heard from Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, I have declared to you!'
11 The burden of Dumah. Unto me is one calling from Seir `Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?'
12 The watchman hath said, `Come hath morning, and also night, If ye inquire, inquire ye, turn back, come.'
13 The burden on Arabia. In a forest in Arabia ye lodge, O travellers of Dedanim.
14 To meet the thirsty brought water have Inhabitants of the land of Tema, With his bread they came before a fugitive.
15 For from the face of destructions they fled, From the face of a stretched-out sword, And from the face of a trodden bow, And from the face of the grievousness of battle.
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