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Isaias 21:12

The watchman said: The morning cometh, also the night: if you seek, seek: return, come.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine)
Dixit custos : Venit mane et nox ; si quæritis, quærite ; convertimini, venite.
Septuagint (Swete)
φυλάσσω τὸ πρωὶ καὶ τὴν νύκτα· ἐὰν ζητῇς ζήτει, καὶ παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ οἴκει,
Hebrew (WLC)
אָמַ֣ר שֹׁמֵ֔ר אָתָ֥ה בֹ֖קֶר וְגַם לָ֑יְלָה אִם תִּבְעָי֥וּן בְּעָ֖יוּ שֻׁ֥בוּ אֵתָֽיוּ

Haydock's commentary

Night. Instead of joy, I must announce dreadful things. (Haydock)

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.