Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
For precept must be on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little;
New American Standard Bible
‘
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there.’”
King James Version
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
Holman Bible
line after line, line after line,
a little here, a little there.”
International Standard Version
For it is: "Do this and do that, do this and do that, Line upon line, line upon line, a little here, a little there."
A Conservative Version
For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.
American Standard Version
For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.
Amplified
“For He says,
‘Precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
Rule upon rule, rule upon rule,
Here a little, there a little.’”
Bible in Basic English
For it is one rule after another; one line after another; here a little, there a little.
Darby Translation
For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little. ...
Julia Smith Translation
For precept to precept, precept to precept; line to line, line to line; a little there, a little there:
King James 2000
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
Lexham Expanded Bible
For [it is] blah-blah upon blah-blah, blah-blah upon blah-blah, gah-gah upon gah-gah, gah-gah upon gah-gah, a little here, a little there.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Command that may be commanded, bid that may be bidden, forbid that may be forbidden, keep back that may be kept back, here a little, there a little.
NET Bible
Indeed, they will hear meaningless gibberish, senseless babbling, a syllable here, a syllable there.
New Heart English Bible
For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.
The Emphasized Bible
For it is - Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, - A little here a little there.
Webster
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
World English Bible
For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.
Youngs Literal Translation
For rule is on rule, rule on rule, line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 28:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Isaiah And The Drunken Prophets Of Judah
9 Whom shall He teach knowledge? And whom shall He make to understand doctrine? Those weaned from the milk and drawn from the breasts. 10 For precept must be on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; 11 for with stammering lips and another tongue He will speak to this people.
Cross References
Isaiah 28:13
But the Word of Jehovah was to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken and snared and taken.
Deuteronomy 6:1-6
And these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which Jehovah our God commanded to teach you so that you might do them in the land where you go, to possess it,
2 Chronicles 36:15-16
And Jehovah, the God of their fathers sent to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending, for He had pity on His people and on His dwelling-place.
Nehemiah 9:29-30
and testified against them that You might bring them again to Your Law. But they acted proudly and did not listen to Your commandments, but sinned against Your judgments (which if a man do, he shall live in them), and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
Isaiah 5:4
What more could have been done to my vineyard that I have not done in it? Who knows? I looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded rotten grapes.
Jeremiah 11:7
For I earnestly testified to your fathers in the day I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even to this day, rising early and testifying, saying, Obey My voice.
Jeremiah 25:3-7
From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even to this day, that is the twenty-third year, the Word of Jehovah has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking. But you have not listened.
Matthew 21:34-41
And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers to receive its fruits.
Philippians 3:1
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is indeed not grievous to me, but for you it is safe.
2 Timothy 3:7
ever learning and never able to come to the full knowledge of the truth.
Hebrews 5:12
For indeed because of the time, you ought to be teachers, you have need that one teach you again what are the first principles of the oracles of God. And you have become in need of milk, and not of solid food.