Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

The bed is too short on which to stretch out,
And the blanket is too small to wrap oneself in.

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

Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on,
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.

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.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For the bed
מצּע 
Matstsa` 
bed
Usage: 1

is shorter
קצר 
Qatsar 
Usage: 49

שׂרע 
Sara` 
Usage: 3

himself on it and the covering
מסּכה 
Maccekah 
Usage: 28

צרר 
Tsarar 
Usage: 54

כּנס 
Kanac 
Usage: 11

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

The Cornerstone Of Zion

19 For it shall go forth early in the morning, and continue only that day and that night. And the very fear only shall teach you, when ye hear it. 20 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. 21 For the LORD shall step forth as he did upon the mount Perazim, and shall take on as he did upon the vale of Gibeon: that he may bring forth his device, his strange device: and fulfill his work, his wonderful work.

Cross References

Isaiah 57:12-13

Yea, verily, I will declare thy goodness and thy works, but they shall not profit thee.

Isaiah 59:5-6

They breed cockatrice eggs, and weave the spider's web. Whoso eateth of their eggs dieth. But if one treadeth upon them, there cometh up a serpent.

Isaiah 64:6

We are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags, stained with the flux of a woman: we fall every and each one as the leaf, for our sins carry us away like the wind.

Isaiah 66:3-6

For whoso slayeth an ox for me, doth me so great dishonour, as he that killeth a man. He that killeth a sheep for me, choketh a dog. He that bringeth me meat offerings, offereth swine's blood. Who so maketh me a memorial of incense, praiseth the thing that is unright. Yet take they such ways in hand, and their soul delighteth in these abominations.

Jeremiah 7:8-10

But take heed: ye trust in counsels that beguile you and do you no good.

Romans 9:30-32

What shall we say then? We say that the gentiles which followed not righteousness, have overtaken righteousness: I mean, the righteousness which cometh of faith.

1 Corinthians 1:18-31

For the preaching of the cross is, to them that perish, foolishness: but unto us which are saved, it is the power of God.

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