Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
For the spreading was shortened above stretching out, and the covering narrow for hiding one's self.
New American Standard Bible
And the
King James Version
For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
Holman Bible
and its cover too small to wrap up in.
International Standard Version
because the bed is too short to stretch out on, and its blankets too narrow to wrap around oneself!
A Conservative Version
For the bed is shorter than what a man can stretch himself on it, and the covering narrower than what he can wrap himself in it.
American Standard Version
For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
Amplified
For the bed is too short to stretch out on,
And the blanket is too narrow to wrap around oneself [and likewise all their preparations are inadequate].
Bible in Basic English
For the bed is not long enough for a man to be stretched out on: and the cover is not wide enough for him to be covered with.
Darby Translation
For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow when he would wrap himself in it.
King James 2000
For the bed is shorter than a man can stretch himself upon: and the covering narrower than he can wrap himself in.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For the bed is too short {to stretch out on}, and the covering is [too] narrow when wrapping oneself.
Modern King James verseion
For the bed is shorter than one can stretch himself on, and the cover is narrower than one can wrap himself in.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For the bed shall be so narrow that a man cannot lie upon it: And the covering too small, that a man may not wind himself therein.
NET Bible
For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap around oneself.
New Heart English Bible
For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.
The Emphasized Bible
For too short is the couch to stretch oneself out, - And, the coverlet, too narrow, when one draweth up his feet.
Webster
For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
World English Bible
For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.
Youngs Literal Translation
For shorter hath been the bed Than to stretch one's self out in, And the covering hath been narrower Than to wrap one's self up in.
Interlinear
Tsarar
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 28:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Cornerstone Of Zion
19 When passing through it shall take you: for by morning by morning it shall pass through in the day and in the night: and it was only an agitation to;understand the hearing. 20 For the spreading was shortened above stretching out, and the covering narrow for hiding one's self. 21 For as mount Perazim shall Jehovah rise up, as the valley in Gibeon shall he be moved to do his work, his strange work, and to work his service, his unknown service.
Cross References
Isaiah 57:12-13
I will announce thy justice and thy works, and they shall not profit thee.
Isaiah 59:5-6
They plundered vipers' eggs, and they will weave spiders webs: he eating from their eggs shall die, and being crushed, it shall break forth a viper.
Isaiah 64:6
And we were all as the unclean, and all our justice as the garment of monthly courses; and we shall all fail away as the leaf; and our iniquities as the wind will take us away.
Isaiah 66:3-6
He slaughtering the ox, striking a man; he sacrificing a sheep, broke a dog's neck; he bringing up a gift, swine's blood; he making remembrance of frankincense, praising vanity; also they chose their ways, and in their abominations their soul delighted.
Jeremiah 7:8-10
Behold, you trusting to yourselves upon words of falsehood not to receive profit.
Romans 9:30-32
What then shall we say? That the nations, not following justice, overtook justice, and the justice of faith.
1 Corinthians 1:18-31
For truly the word of the cross to them perishing is foolishness; but to us saved it is the power of God.