Isaiah 28:12
King James Version (KJV)
To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
In context
10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
13 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.
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 28:12 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
- WEB World English Bible
- to whom he said, “This is the resting place. Give rest to the weary,” and “This is the refreshing;” yet they would not hear.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.
- ASV American Standard Version
- to 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Unto whom He hath said, 'This [is] the rest, give ye rest to the weary, And this — the refreshing:' And they have not been willing to hear,
- DBY Darby Translation
- to whom he said, This is the rest: cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing. But they would not hear.
- WBS Webster Bible
- To whom he said, This is the rest with which ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.