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.


In Context

17 And I have put judgment for a line, And righteousness for a plummet, And sweep away doth hail the refuge of lies, And the secret hiding-place do waters overflow.

18 And disannulled hath been your covenant with death, And your provision with Sheol doth not stand, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Then ye have been to it for a treading-place.

19 From the fulness of its passing over it taketh you, For morning by morning it passeth over, By day and by night, And it hath been only a trembling to consider the report.

20 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.

21 For as at mount Perazim rise doth Jehovah, As at the valley in Gibeon He is troubled, To do His work — strange is His work, And to do His deed — strange is His deed.'

22 And now, show not yourselves scorners, Lest strong be your bands, For a consumption, that is determined, I have heard, by the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is for all the land.

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 English Revised 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 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 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.