Isaiah 28:20
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket too small to wrap around you.
In context
18 Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.
19 As often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.” The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.
20 Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket too small to wrap around you.
21 For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.
22 So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
Isaiah 28:20 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket too small to wrap around you.
- KJV 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.
- ASV 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.
- YLT Young's 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow when he would wrap himself in it.
- WBS Webster 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 .