Isaiah 28:20
“For the bed is shorter, then that a man can stretch himselfe on it: and the couering narrower, then that he can wrap himselfe in it.”
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Isaiah 28:20 Context
18¶ And your couenant with death shalbe disanulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the ouerflowing scourge shall passe thorough, then yee shalbe troden downe by it. 19From the time that it goeth forth, it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it passe ouer, by day and by night, and it shalbe a vexation, onely to vnderstand the report. 20For the bed is shorter, then that a man can stretch himselfe on it: and the couering narrower, then that he can wrap himselfe in it. 21For the Lord shall rise vp as in mount Perazim, he shalbe wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may doe his worke, his strange worke; and bring to passe his act, his strange act. 22Now therefore be yee not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I haue heard from the Lord God of hostes a consumption euen determined vpon the whole earth.
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Other Translations for Isaiah 28:20
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].
- King James Version
The bed is too short on which to stretch out, And the blanket is too small to wrap oneself in.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow when he would wrap himself in it.
- Darby Bible
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.
- Webster's Bible
For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.
- World English Bible
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.
- Youngs Literal Bible
For the bed is too short for a man to stretch himself; and the covering too narrow when he gathereth himself up.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Isaiah 28:20
28:20 For - For those lying refuges, to which you trust, will not be able to give you that protection, which you expect from them; no more than a man can stretch himself upon a bed that is too short for him.