Isaiah 8:21

Isaiah 8:21 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

21Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

21They will pass through the land dejected and hungry, and it will turn out that when they are hungry, they will become enraged and curse their king and their God as they face upward.

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

21They [who consult mediums and soothsayers] will pass through the land deeply distressed and hungry, and when they are hungry, they will become enraged and will curse their king and their God as they look upward.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

21They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.

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American Standard Version (ASV)

21And 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:

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Geneva Bible (GNV)

21Then 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.

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World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)

21They 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,

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

21They will suffer and be hungry. They’ll wander through the land. When they are very hungry, they will become angry. They’ll look up toward heaven. They’ll ask for bad things to happen to their king and their God.

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EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)

21Then the people will travel through the land, and they will be sad and hungry. Because they are hungry, they will become angry. They will curse their king and their God, as they look up to the sky.

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Literal Standard Version (LSV)

21And it has passed over into it, hardened and hungry, || And it has come to pass, || That it is hungry, and has been angry, || And made light of its king, and of its God, || And has looked upwards.

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