20For 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

17 And I will make judgment the line, and righteousness the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

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 As 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.

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 scorners, lest your bands be made strong: for a consummation, and that determined, have I heard from the Lord, the LORD of hosts, upon the whole earth.

Isaiah 28:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:20For 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. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

28:20The bed is too short to stretch out on, the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:20For the bed is straitened, so that one must fall out, and a short covering can- not cover both.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:20For 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:20For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow when he would wrap himself in it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:20For 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:20For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:20For 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:20For 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.