Isaiah 8:22
And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.In other versions
and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness `they shall be' driven away.
ASV
And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.
BBE
and they will look to the earth; and behold, trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they shall be driven into thick darkness.
DBY
and they shall look to the earth, and see, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness [they shall be] driven away.
WEB
And unto the land it looketh attentively, And lo, adversity and darkness! -- Dimness, distress, and thick darkness is driven away, But not the dimness for which she is in distress!
YLT
And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
ENG
And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
WBT
Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.
BSB
In context
20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
21And 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.
22And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.