Isaiah 8:20
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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.To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
In other translations
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
Hebrew words
לְתוֹרָהletorahto [the] instructionH8451וְלִתְעוּדָהvelit'udahand to [the] testimonyH8584אִם־'im-ifH518לֹאlo'notH3808יֹאמְרוּyomeruthey will speakH559כַּדָּבָרkadavaraccording to the mannerH1697הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088אֲשֶׁר'asherthatH834אֵין־'ein-notH369לוֹlo[belongs] to itשָׁחַר׃shachardawnH7837
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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