Verse 20

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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Til loven og vitnesbyrdet! Hvis de ikke taler i samsvar med dette ordet, er det fordi de har mistet lys.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Til loven og til vitnesbyrdet! Hvis de ikke taler i samsvar med dette ordet, er det fordi det ikke er lys i dem.

• Norsk King James

  Til loven og til vitnesbyrdet: hvis de ikke taler etter dette ordet, er det fordi de ikke har lys.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Til loven og til vitnesbyrdet! Hvis de ikke taler i samsvar med dette ordet, er det fordi de ikke har noe morgenlys.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Til loven og til vitnesbyrdet! Hvis de ikke taler i samsvar med dette ordet, så finnes det intet lys i dem.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Til loven og til vitnesbyrdet! Hvis de ikke taler i samsvar med dette ordet, er det fordi det ikke er lys i dem.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Til loven og vitnesbyrdet: hvis de ikke taler i tråd med dette ord, er det fordi det ikke finnes lys i dem.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Til loven og til vitnesbyrdet! Hvis de ikke taler i samsvar med dette ordet, er det fordi det ikke er lys i dem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Til loven og til vitnesbyrdet! Hvis de ikke taler i samsvar med dette ord, er det fordi det ikke er noe lys i dem.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Isaiah.8.20", "source": "לְתוֹרָ֖ה וְלִתְעוּדָ֑ה אִם־לֹ֤א יֹֽאמְרוּ֙ כַּדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵֽין־ל֖וֹ שָֽׁחַר׃", "text": "To-*tôrāh* and-to-*təʿûdāh* if-not *yōʾmərû* according-to-*dābār ha-zeh ʾăšer ʾên*-to-him *šāḥar*", "grammar": { "*tôrāh*": "noun feminine singular - law/instruction", "*təʿûdāh*": "noun feminine singular - testimony/witness", "*yōʾmərû*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they speak", "*dābār*": "noun masculine singular - word/thing/matter", "*ha-zeh*": "definite article + demonstrative pronoun - this", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - that/which", "*ʾên*": "particle of negation - there is not", "*šāḥar*": "noun masculine singular - dawn/light" }, "variants": { "*tôrāh*": "law/instruction/teaching", "*təʿûdāh*": "testimony/witness/evidence", "*šāḥar*": "dawn/light/morning (metaphor for truth/hope)", "*ʾăšer ʾên-lô šāḥar*": "for whom there is no dawn/which has no light/that has no future" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Til loven og til vitnesbyrdet! Hvis de ikke taler i samsvar med dette ordet, er det fordi det ikke er noen morgenrøde i dem.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  (Ja) efter Lov og efter Vidnesbyrd; dersom de ikke sige efter dette Ord, (da siger,) at Ingen (af dem) seer Morgenrøden.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Til loven og til vitnesbyrdet! Hvis de ikke taler overensstemmende med dette ordet, skyldes det at det ikke er noe lys i dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Til loven og til vitnesbyrdet! Hvis de ikke taler i samsvar med dette ordet, er det fordi det ikke er lys i dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Til loven og til vitnemålet! Hvis de ikke sier som dette, er det fordi ingen morgenrød er for dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Til loven og vitnesbyrdet! Hvis de ikke taler i samsvar med dette ordet, er det fordi det ikke er noe lys for dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Så skal du si til dem, sett din lit til læren og vitnesbyrdet. ... Hvis de ikke sier slike ting. ... For ham er det ingen morgen. ...

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf eny man want light, let him loke vpon the lawe and the testimony, whether they speake not after this meanynge.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  To the Law, and to the testimonie, if they speake not according to this worde: it is because there is no light in them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Get thee to the lawe, and the testimonie: and if they speake not after this worde, there is no light in them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  To the law and to the testimony! if they don't speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, `That there is no dawn to it.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ... If they do not say such things. ... For him there is no dawn. ...

• World English Bible (2000)

  Turn to the law and to the testimony! If they don't speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then you must recall the LORD’s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.

Referenced Verses

• Mic 3:6 : 6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that you shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that you shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
• Isa 30:8-9 : 8 Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and document it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever: 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of the LORD: 10 Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits: 11 Get out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
• 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy, to which you do well to take heed, as to a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts:
• Isa 8:16 : 16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
• Jer 8:9 : 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
• Mal 4:2 : 2 But to you who fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings, and you shall go forth and grow up like stall-fed calves.
• Matt 6:23 : 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
• Matt 22:29 : 29 Jesus answered and said to them, You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
• Mark 7:7-9 : 7 However, in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. 8 For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, such as the washing of pots and cups; and many other similar things you do. 9 And he said to them, You completely reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.
• Luke 10:26 : 26 He said to him, What is written in the law? How do you read it?
• Luke 16:29-31 : 29 Abraham said to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30 And he said, No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will repent. 31 And he said to him, If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.
• Acts 17:11 : 11 These were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
• Rom 1:22 : 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,
• Gal 3:8-9 : 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the gentiles through faith, preached beforehand the gospel unto Abraham, saying, 'In you shall all nations be blessed.' 9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.' 11 But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for 'The just shall live by faith.' 12 And the law is not of faith, but 'The man who does them shall live in them.' 13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.' 14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it is but a man's covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no man annuls or adds to it. 16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He does not say, 'And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, 'And to your seed,' which is Christ. 17 And this I say, that the covenant, which was confirmed before by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul, that it should make the promise of no effect. 18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise, but God gave it to Abraham by promise. 19 Why then serves the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise was made, and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. 20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. 21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, then truly righteousness would have been by the law. 22 But the Scripture has concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. 23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, confined unto the faith which would afterwards be revealed. 24 Therefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after that faith has come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. 26 For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
• Gal 4:21-22 : 21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman.
• 2 Tim 3:15-17 : 15 And that from childhood you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 That the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for all good works.
• 2 Pet 1:9 : 9 But he who lacks these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
• Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we know, if we pursue to know the LORD: his coming is as certain as the morning; and he will come to us like the rain, like the latter and former rain to the earth.
• Ps 19:7-8 : 7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
• Ps 119:130 : 130 The entrance of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.
• Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the just is like the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day.
• Isa 1:10 : 10 Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.