Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

For rule is on rule, rule on rule, line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there,

New American Standard Bible

“For He says,
Order on order, order on order,
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

For he says: “Law after law, law after law,
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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
צו צו 
Tsav 
Usage: 9

צו צו 
Tsav 
Usage: 9

צו צו 
Tsav 
Usage: 9

צו צו 
Tsav 
Usage: 9

קו קו 
Qav 
קו קו 
Qav 
Usage: 25
Usage: 25

קו קו 
Qav 
קו קו 
Qav 
Usage: 25
Usage: 25

זעיר 
Ze`eyr 
Usage: 5

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Isaiah 28:10

References

Context Readings

Isaiah And The Drunken Prophets Of Judah

9 By whom doth He teach knowledge? And by whom doth He cause to understand the report? The weaned from milk, the removed from breasts, 10 For rule is on rule, rule on rule, line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there, 11 For by scorned lip, and by another tongue, Doth He speak unto this people.



Cross References

Isaiah 28:13

And to whom a word of Jehovah hath been, Rule on rule, rule on rule, line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there, So that they go and have stumbled backward, And been broken, and snared, and captured.

Deuteronomy 6:1-6

And this is the command, the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah your God hath commanded to teach you, to do in the land which ye are passing over thither to possess it,

2 Chronicles 36:15-16

And Jehovah, God of their fathers, sendeth unto them by the hand of His messengers -- rising early and sending -- for He hath had pity on His people, and on His habitation,

Nehemiah 9:29-30

and dost testify against them, to bring them back unto Thy law; and they -- they have acted proudly, and have not hearkened to Thy commands, and against Thy judgments have sinned, -- which man doth and hath lived in them -- and they give a refractory shoulder, and their neck have hardened, and have not hearkened.

Isaiah 5:4

What -- to do still to my vineyard, That I have not done in it! Wherefore, I waited to the yielding of grapes, And it yieldeth bad ones!

Jeremiah 11:7

For I certainly testified against your fathers, In the day of My bringing them up out of the land of Egypt -- till this day, Rising early and testifying, saying, Hearken to My voice,

Jeremiah 25:3-7

From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah, and unto this day -- this three and twentieth year -- hath the word of Jehovah been unto me, and I speak unto you, rising early and speaking, and ye have not hearkened;

Matthew 21:34-41

'And when the season of the fruits came nigh, he sent his servants unto the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it,

Philippians 3:1

As to the rest, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord; the same things to write to you to me indeed is not tiresome, and for you is sure;

2 Timothy 3:7

always learning, and never to a knowledge of truth able to come,

Hebrews 5:12

for even owing to be teachers, because of the time, again ye have need that one teach you what are the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and ye have become having need of milk, and not of strong food,

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