Isaiah 28:20

In 11 translations

BSB

Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket too small to wrap around you.

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.

WEB

For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.

ASV

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.

LSV

For the bed has been shorter || Than to stretch one’s self out in, || And the covering has been narrower || Than to wrap one’s self up in.

YLT

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

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

DRC

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

GNV

For the bed is streight that it can not suffice, and the couering narowe that one can not wrappe himselfe.

JPS

For the bed is too short for a man to stretch himself; and the covering too narrow when he gathereth himself up.

LXXE

ye that are distressed; we cannot fight, but we are ourselves too weak for you to be gathered.

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WLC

כִּֽי־קָצַ֥ר הַמַּצָּ֖ע מֵֽהִשְׂתָּרֵ֑עַ וְהַמַּסֵּכָ֥ה צָ֖רָה כְּהִתְכַּנֵּֽס׃

LXX-Br

Μάθετε ἀκούειν στενοχωρούμενοι· Οὐ δυνάμεθα μάχεσθαι, αὐτοὶ δὲ ἀσθενοῦμεν τοῦ ὑμᾶς συναχθῆναι.

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