Isaiah 28:20
King James Version (KJV)
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.
In context
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
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.
21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall 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.
22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
Isaiah 28:20 in every translation
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket too small to wrap around you.
- 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 .