Parallel Verses
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 King James verseion
For precept must be on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little;
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,
Themes
Interlinear
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Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 28:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Isaiah And The Drunken Prophets Of Judah
9
Who is he is trying to teach? To whom is he explaining his message? To children weaned from their milk, to those just taken from the breast?
10
‘
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there.’”
Cross References
Isaiah 28:13
But the word of Jehovah to them was: Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little, that they might go and fall backward, and be broken and snared and caught.
Deuteronomy 6:1-6
These are the commands, decrees and laws Jehovah your God commanded me to teach you. Obey them after you enter the land and take possession of it.
2 Chronicles 36:15-16
Jehovah the God of their ancestors repeatedly sent messages through his prophets because he wanted to spare his people and his dwelling place.
Nehemiah 9:29-30
You admonished them so that you might make them come back again to your law. Their hearts were lifted up, and they paid no attention to your orders. They went against your life giving decisions and turned their backs on you. They were stubborn and did not listen.
Isaiah 5:4
What more could have been done for my vineyard than what I have already done for it? When I waited for it to produce good grapes, why did it produce only sour, wild grapes?
Jeremiah 11:7
I solemnly warned your fathers in the day that I brought them up from the land of Egypt. Even to this day I persistently warned them, saying: 'Listen to my voice.'
Jeremiah 25:3-7
Jehovah continued to speak his word to me for twenty-three years. This covered the time from when Josiah, son of Amon, was in his thirteenth year as king of Judah until today. I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.
Matthew 21:34-41
When the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.
Philippians 3:1
Finally my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not a bother, but for you it is a safeguard.
2 Timothy 3:7
They are constantly learning, and never able to grasp the knowledge of the truth.
Hebrews 5:12
At this time you should be teachers. But you need someone to teach you again from the beginning the elementary truths from the Word of God. You need milk, not solid food.