10For it is: Do and do, do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule ; a little here, a little there."


In Context

7 And these also stagger from wine and reel from beer: Priests and prophets stagger from beer and are befuddled with wine; they reel from beer, they stagger when seeing visions, they stumble when rendering decisions.

8 All the tables are covered with vomit and there is not a spot without filth.

9 "Who is it he is trying to teach? To whom is he explaining his message? To children weaned from their milk, to those just taken from the breast?

10 For it is: Do and do, do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule ; a little here, a little there."

11 Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues God will speak to this people,

12 to whom he said, "This is the resting place, let the weary rest"; and, "This is the place of repose"- but they would not listen.

Isaiah 28:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:10For precept [must be] upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:10For command, command again; command, command again; expect, expect again; expect, expect again: a little there, a little there.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:10For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:10For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little. ...

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:10For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:10For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:10For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:10For rule is on rule, rule on rule, line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:10For precept must be on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, and there a little: