12and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, |Read this, please;| and he says, |I can't read.|


In Context

9 Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

10 For Yahweh has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and he has covered your heads, the seers.

11 All vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is educated, saying, |Read this, please;| and he says, |I can't, for it is sealed:|

12 and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, |Read this, please;| and he says, |I can't read.|

13 The Lord said, |Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;

14 therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will be hidden.|

Isaiah 29:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:12And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

29:12Or if you give the scroll to someone who cannot read, and say, "Read this, please," he will answer, "I don't know how to read."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:12And the book shall be given to one that knoweth no letters, and it shall be said to him: Read: and he shall answer: I know no letters.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:12and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I am not learned.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:12And they give the book to him that cannot read, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot read.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:12and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:12And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:12And the book is given to him who hath not known books, Saying, 'Read this, we pray thee,' And he hath said, 'I have not known books.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:12And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray you: and he said, I am not learned.