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Isaiah 28:13

What does Isaiah 28:13 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 28:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

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WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Therefore shall the word of Jehovah be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Therefore shall the word of Jehovah be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For this cause the word of the Lord will be to them rule after rule, line after line, here a little, there a little; so that they may go on their way, and falling back may be broken, and taken in the net.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the word of the Lord shall be to them: Command, command again; command, command again; expect, expect again; a little there, a little there: that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the word of Jehovah was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little: that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

Context

v.12to whom he said, This is the rest, give ye rest to him that is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

v.13This passage

v.14Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 28:10

    For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.

  • Psalms 69:22

    Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.

  • 2 Peter 3:16

    as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

  • Hosea 8:12

    I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing.

  • Matthew 21:44

    And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

  • 1 Peter 2:7

    For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;

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