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Isaiah 8:20
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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?
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To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.
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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.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
To the lawH8451 and to the testimonyH8584: if they speakH559 not according to this wordH1697, it is because there is no lightH7837 in them.
Original Hebrew
לְתֹורָה וְלִתְעוּדָה אִם־לֹא יֹאמְרוּ כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר אֵין־לֹו שָׁחַר׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
לְ/תוֹרָ֖ה |
le./to.Rah | H8451 | HR/Ncfsa | to/ (the) instruction |
וְ/לִ/תְעוּדָ֑ה |
ve./li/t.'u.Dah | H8584 | HC/R/Ncfsa | and/ to/ (the) testimony |
אִם |
'im- | H518 | HC | if |
לֹ֤א |
lo' | H3808 | HTn | not |
יֹֽאמְרוּ֙ |
yo.me.Ru | H559 | HVqi3mp | they will speak |
כַּ/דָּבָ֣ר |
ka./da.Var | H1697 | HRd/Ncmsa | according to the/ manner |
הַ/זֶּ֔ה |
ha./Zeh | H2088 | HTd/Pdxms | (the)/ this |
אֲשֶׁ֥ר |
'a.Sher | H834 | HTr | that |
אֵֽין |
'ein- | H369 | HTn | not |
ל֖/וֹ |
l/o | HR/Sp3ms | (belongs) to/ it | |
שָֽׁחַר |
Sha.char | H7837 | HNcmsa | dawn |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
- H1697 — דָּבָר (dâbâr, daw-baw'): from דָבַר; a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause; act, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dearth, decree, deed, [idiom] disease, due, duty, effect, [phrase] eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, [phrase] glory, [phrase] harm, hurt, [phrase] iniquity, [phrase] judgment, language, [phrase] lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, [idiom] ought, [idiom] parts, [phrase] pertaining, [phrase] please, portion, [phrase] power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, [idiom] (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, [phrase] sign, [phrase] so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, [phrase] song, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, task, [phrase] that, [idiom] there done, thing (concerning), thought, [phrase] thus, tidings, what(-soever), [phrase] wherewith, which, word, work.
- H7837 — שַׁחַר (shachar, shakh'-ar): from שָׁחַר; dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial); day(-spring), early, light, morning, whence riseth.
- H8451 — תּוֹרָה (tôwrâh, to-raw'): or תֹּרָה; from יָרָה; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch; law.
- H8584 — תְּעוּדָה (tᵉʻûwdâh, teh-oo-daw'): from עוּד; attestation, i.e. a precept, usage; testimony.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן.
- H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
- H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
- H2088 — זֶה (zeh, zeh): a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that; he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare זֹאת, זֹה, זוֹ, זוּ.
- H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
Cross References
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- it is — Psalms 19:7-8, Psalms 119:130, Isaiah 30:8-11, Jeremiah 8:9, Micah 3:6, Matthew 6:23, Matthew 22:29, Mark 7:7-9, Romans 1:22, 2 Peter 1:9
- light — Proverbs 4:18, Hosea 6:3, Malachi 4:2, 2 Peter 1:19
- the law — Isaiah 8:16, Luke 10:26, Luke 16:29-31, John 5:39, John 5:46-47, Acts 17:11, Galatians 3:8-29, Galatians 4:21-22, 2 Timothy 3:15-17, 2 Peter 1:19
Reciprocal references (54): Exodus 25:37, Exodus 35:29, Exodus 40:16, Leviticus 24:2, Numbers 8:2, Deuteronomy 13:3, Deuteronomy 18:10, Deuteronomy 29:29, Judges 8:27, Judges 18:14, 1 Samuel 28:7, 2 Kings 11:12, 2 Kings 23:24, 2 Chronicles 17:9, 2 Chronicles 23:11, Ezra 7:14, Ezra 10:3, Nehemiah 8:1, Psalms 26:3, Psalms 78:5, Psalms 93:5, Psalms 119:24, Proverbs 2:6, Proverbs 6:23, Proverbs 14:6, Jeremiah 6:16, Ezekiel 40:3, Micah 5:12, Malachi 4:4, Matthew 4:7, Matthew 14:4, Matthew 15:4, Mark 7:13, Mark 10:3, Mark 10:19, Mark 12:24, Luke 4:4, Luke 8:11, Luke 11:36, Luke 18:20, John 1:9, John 3:21, Acts 13:6, Romans 3:2, Romans 3:10, Romans 4:3, 1 Corinthians 2:1, 1 Corinthians 3:13, 1 Corinthians 9:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, 2 Timothy 1:8, James 1:25, 1 Peter 4:11, 1 John 4:6
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