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.'


In Context

9 Tarry and wonder, look ye, yea, look, Be drunk, and not with wine, Stagger, and not with strong drink.

10 For poured out on you hath Jehovah a spirit of deep sleep, And He closeth your eyes — the prophets, And your heads — the seers — He covered.

11 And the vision of the whole is to you, As words of the sealed book, That they give unto one knowing books, Saying, 'Read this, we pray thee,' And he hath said, 'I am not able, for it is sealed;'

12 And 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.'

13 And the Lord saith: Because drawn near hath this people, with its mouth, And with its lips they have honoured Me, And its heart it hath put far off from Me, And their fear of Me is — A precept of men is taught!

14 Therefore, lo, I am adding to do wonderfully with this people, A wonder, and a marvel, And perished hath the wisdom of its wise ones, And the understanding of its intelligent ones hideth itself.'

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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:12and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, |Read this, please;| and he says, |I can't read.|

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.