RV
KJV
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.
ASV
20. To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
ESV
20. To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.
ERVEN
20. You should follow the teachings and the agreement. I swear, if you follow those other things, there is no future for you.
NLT
20. Look to God's instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark.
WEB
20. To the law and to the testimony! if they don't speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
NET
20. 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.
NLV
20. Tell them to put their faith in the teaching and the Law. If they do not speak what this word says, it is because they have no light in them.
HCSB
20. To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.
YLT
20. To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, `That there is no dawn to it.`
LITV
20. To the Law and to the Testimony! If they do not speak according to this Word, it is because there is no dawn to them!
NCV
20. You should follow the teachings and the agreement with the Lord. The mediums and fortune-tellers do not speak the word of the Lord, so their words are worth nothing.
MKJV
20. To the Law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this Word, it is because no light is in them.
AKJV
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.
LXXEN
20. For he has given the law for a help, that they should not speak according to this word, concerning which there are no [See Hebrew] gifts to give for it.
KJV
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.
AMP
20. [Direct such people] to the teaching and to the testimony! If their teachings are not in accord with this word, it is surely because there is no dawn and no morning for them.
KJVP
20. To the law H8451 and to the testimony H8584 : if H518 PART they speak H559 not H3808 NADV according to this H2088 D-PMS word H1697 , [ it ] [ is ] because H834 RPRO [ there ] [ is ] no H369 ADV light H7837 NMS in them .
YLT
20. To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, `That there is no dawn to it.`
ASV
20. To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
WEB
20. To the law and to the testimony! if they don't speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
NASB
20. then this document will furnish its instruction. That kind of thing they will surely say.
ESV
20. To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.
RV
20. To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
RSV
20. To the teaching and to the testimony! Surely for this word which they speak there is no dawn.
NKJV
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.
MKJV
20. To the Law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this Word, it is because no light is in them.
AKJV
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.
NRSV
20. for teaching and for instruction?" Surely, those who speak like this will have no dawn!
NIV
20. To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
NIRV
20. Follow what the Lord taught you and said to you through me. People who don't speak in keeping with those words won't have any hope in the morning.
NLT
20. Look to God's instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark.
MSG
20. Tell them, "No, we're going to study the Scriptures." People who try the other ways get nowhere--a dead end!
GNB
20. You are to answer them, "Listen to what the LORD is teaching you! Don't listen to mediums---what they tell you cannot keep trouble away."
NET
20. 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.
ERVEN
20. You should follow the teachings and the agreement. I swear, if you follow those other things, there is no future for you.