Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
For the bed is too short {to stretch out on}, and the covering is [too] narrow when wrapping oneself.
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.
Julia Smith Translation
For the spreading was shortened above stretching out, and the covering narrow for hiding one's self.
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.
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 {As often as it passes through}, it will take you, for {morning by morning} it will pass through, in the day and in the night, and understanding [the] message will be only terror." 20 For the bed is too short {to stretch out on}, and the covering is [too] narrow when wrapping oneself. 21 For Yahweh will rise up as [at] Mount Perazim; he will rave as [in the] valley at Gibeon to do his deed--his deed [is] strange-- and to work his work--his work [is] alien!
Cross References
Isaiah 57:12-13
I myself will declare your righteousness and your works, but they will not benefit you.
Isaiah 59:5-6
they hatch viper eggs, and they weave a spider web. One who eats their eggs dies, and that which is pressed is hatched [as] a serpent.
Isaiah 64:6
And we all have become like the unclean, and all our deeds of justice like a menstrual cloth, And we all wither like leaf, and our iniquities take us away like the wind.
Isaiah 66:3-6
The one who slaughters bull strikes a man; the one who slaughters lamb for sacrifice breaks the neck [of] a dog. The one who offers an offering, [the] blood of swine; the one who offers frankincense blesses an idol. Indeed, they themselves have chosen their ways, and their soul delights in their abhorrence.
Jeremiah 7:8-10
Look, you [are] relying for yourselves on {deceitful words} without benefiting.
Romans 9:30-32
What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness--even the righteousness [that is] by faith.
1 Corinthians 1:18-31
For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.