Isaiah 28:20

What does Isaiah 28:20 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 28:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For the bed is straitened, so that one must fall out, and a short covering cannot cover both.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow when he would wrap himself in it.

Context

v.19As often as it passeth through, it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night: and it shall be nought but terror to understand the message.

v.20This passage

v.21For Jehovah will rise up as in mount Perazim, he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his strange work, and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

Cross references

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

  • Jeremiah 7:8

    Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

  • Isaiah 57:12

    I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.

  • Isaiah 59:5

    They hatch adders’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth; and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

  • Romans 9:30

    What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

  • Isaiah 66:3

    He that killeth an ox is as he that slayeth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as he that breaketh a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as he that offereth swine’s blood; he that burneth frankincense, as he that blesseth an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations:

  • Isaiah 64:6

    For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

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