Isaiah 28:20
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Isaiah 28:20 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Denn das Bett ist zu kurz, um sich auszustrecken und die Decke zu schmal, um sich einzuhüllen.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Porque la cama es tan angosta que no basta, y la cubierta estrecha para recoger.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Porque a cama será tão curta, que ninguém poderá se estender nela; e o cobertor tão estreito, que ninguém poderá se cobrir com ele.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Pois a cama é muito curta para um homem se esticar e o cobertor estreito demais para ele se enrolar".
📖 Isaiah 28:20 in Context
18And 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.
19From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
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.
21For 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.
22Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
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